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Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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Sickness is mankind's greatest defect. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

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Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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As a father and grandfather, I have witnessed firsthand the joy of new life entering the world. I know the pain and apprehension that goes along with premature births and birth defects. ↗

— Solomon Ortiz

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I worked with the March of Dimes to enact legislation for a national birth defects prevention program to provide surveillance, research and preventive services aimed at reducing the rate of birth defects. ↗

— Solomon Ortiz

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Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up. ↗

— P. D. James

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

— Bertrand Russell

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What does it say about us that people who are considered defective are instinctively caring and compassionate? ↗

— Morley Safer

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

— Lillian Smith

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