Pastoral Resources

Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults.

To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame; to copy faults is want of sense.

Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.

I tolerate my faults but not at all other people's.

The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.

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.

We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues.

The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.

It's easy to see the faults in people I know; it's hardest to see the good. Especially when the good isn't there.

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

However, yes, especially as one gets older, you know, you really hope that your music will become more generally available, even though some of the performances might be riddled with faults.

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

Never exaggerate your faults, your friends will attend to that.

We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

A brother who recognizes that we have shortcomings, we, in the struggle, have faults, and that he wanted to reconcile differences.

Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.

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