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Fault

Definition: Faults: plural noun and third person present. An unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person's character. Criticize for inadequacy or mistakes.
Number of Quotes: 8

Heaven has given to every human being the power of controlling his passions, and if he neglects or loses it, the fault is his own, and he must be answerable for it.
John Quincy Adams

It is of no use to discover our own faults and infirmities unless the discovery prompts up to amendment.
John Quincy Adams

It was partially my fault that we got divorced ... I tended to place my wife under a pedestal.
Woody Allen

Women's faults are many
Men have only two:
Everything they say
And everything they do.

Cassell's Humorous Quotations
Anonymous

Many owe their greatness to their enemies. Flattery is fiercer than hatred, for hatred corrects the faults flattery had disguised.
Baltasar Gracián

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
Alexander Pope

If we had no faults, we should not take so much pleasure in noting those of others.
François de La Rochefoucauld

It is easy to find fault, if one has that disposition. There was once a man who, not being able to find any other fault with his coal, complained that there were too many prehistoric toads in it.
Mark Twain

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