#failings

One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

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Though just biographical record will touch the failings of the good and the eminent with tenderness. ↗

— Anne Seward

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The cracks in old friendships are measured in awkward pauses. ↗

— Darin Strauss

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Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself. ↗

— Luc de Clapiers

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We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children. ↗

— John Sculley

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Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. It's also about mutual help, not about exploitation. ↗

— Paul Theroux

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Whatever flaws or personal failings afflict them, it remains the case that the overwhelming majority of priests and politicians are honourable and honest - seeking to live out their beliefs and serve society. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

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