#Defects Quotes

“Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.”

“Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.”

“We should endeavor practically in our lives to correct all the defects which our imagination detects.”

“There are certain defects which, well-mounted, glitter like virtue itself.”

“A weak mind is the only defect out of our power to mend.”

“It is the prerogative of great men only to have great defects.”

“Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.”

“The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.”

“There are more defects in temperament than in the mind.”

“Only the great can afford to have great defects.”

“The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.”

“"I fear your kind and open communication, which has rendered me more painfully conscious of my own defects, has not improved me," sighed Kate.”