#defect

There is something wrong about the man who wants help. There is somewhere a deep defect, a want, in brief, a need, a crying need, somewhere about that man. ↗

— Herman Melville

#brief #crying #deep #defect #help

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#children #competitive #credit #defect #fathers

The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#his #less #lovable #man #may

I see only defects because I'm not following the scene as it were. I'm not following the other person. It's like the best thing to clarify this is the theater. ↗

— Omar Sharif

#best #clarify #defects #following #i

The want of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#cannot #concealed #defect #ought #overcome

Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#defects #existence #individuality #necessary

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#defects #distance #qualities #range #sees

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses. ↗