Faults

Famous quotes containing the word faults:

    “The world will never be long without some good reason to hate the unhappy; their real faults are immediately detected, and if those are not sufficient to sink them into infamy, an additional weight of calumny will be superadded.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    “If we had no faults of our own, we should not take half so much satisfaction in observing those of other people.”
    —François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

    “Everything I do is done within sight of the Führer, so that my faults or mistakes are never hidden from him. I do my very utmost to live and act in such a manner that the Führer should remain satisfied with me; I am hard-working; but whether I shall always be able to cope with the tasks entrusted to me in the future as well, is an open question.”
    —Martin Bormann (1900–1945)