Defects

Famous quotes containing the word defects:

“We often make use of envenomed praise, that reveals on the rebound, as it were, defects in those praised which we dare not expose any other way.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“There’s terrific merit in having no sense of humour, no sense of irony, practically no sense of anything at all. If you’re born with these so-called defects you have a very good chance of getting to the top.”
—Peter Cook (b. 1937)

“The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)