#faults

Immodest creature, you do not want a woman who will accept your faults, you want the one who pretends you are faultless – one who will caress the hand that strikes her and kiss the lips that lie to her." (Letter, 17 June 1837) ↗

— George Sand

#gender #imperfections #inequality #men #mysogyny

Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to survive ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#church #government #governments #religion #religion

Strange what love taught you about your faults. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#love #love

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#cemetery #every #every man #faults #friends

I mean, for all of his faults and the troubles in his marriage, Bill Clinton is still married to a girl he met in the library 25 years ago at school. Can we say that about many of our other leaders today in America, including on the right wing? ↗

— Paul Begala

#ago #america #bill #bill clinton #clinton

Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

#faults #others #them #would #you

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them. ↗

— Confucius

#everyone #faults #like #looks #moon

I know my faults, but I'm comfortable with me. ↗

— Roger Daltrey

#faults #i #know #me

There's something so accessible about heroes who have faults. ↗

— Laura Dern

#accessible #faults #heroes #something #who

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked. ↗

— James Thurber

#faults #mine #wicked