#faults

He well knew his mind's natural tendency to be endlessly on a thousand subjects at once, to flit from this to that and to the next thing to no particular purpose--indeed, he called it his "butterfly mind. ↗

— Eric Metaxas

#focus #nature

Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#faults #favorite #gigantic #hide #more

I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

#faults #i #them #tune

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#faults #greatest #i #none #say

Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#cure #everyone #faults #fear #his

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

#conscience #coward #enough #faults #justice

There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

#eradicating #excellence #faults #nearly #out

I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#better #faults #friend #having #i

Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed. ↗

— Hippocrates

#also #faults #keep #lie #make

I may have many faults, but being wrong ain't one of them. ↗

— Jimmy Hoffa

#faults #i #many #may #them