Doubtless criticism was originally benignant, pointing out the beauties of a work rather that its defects. The passions of men have made it malignant, as a bad heart of Procrustes turned the bed, the symbol of repose, into an instrument of torture.
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The reality is that zero defects in products plus zero pollution plus zero risk on the job is equivalent to maximum growth of government plus zero economic growth plus runaway inflation.
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We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects.
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The best fortune that can fall to a man is that which corrects his defects and makes up for his failings.
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Humility is not my forte, and whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.
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Constancy has nothing virtuous in itself, independently of the pleasure it confers, and partakes of the temporizing spirit of vice in proportion as it endures tamely moral defects of magnitude in the object of its indiscreet choice.
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Doubtless criticism was originally benignant, pointing out the beauties of a work rather that its defects. The passions of men have made it malignant, as a bad heart of Procreates turned the bed, the symbol of repose, into an instrument of torture.
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Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.
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Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.
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Very few things happen at the right time and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
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All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of their parents, and can only, like invalids, act on the defensive.
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At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of others.
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We had always assumed that embryos created from eggs donated by younger women would not have these defects. But just the fact that we are seeing this high rate of abnormality suggests that we should be using (PGD) more.
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One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called weasel words. When a weasel sucks eggs the meat is sucked out of the egg. If you use a weasel word after another there is nothing left of the other.
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If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate.
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In a true zero-defects approach, there are no unimportant items.
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Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.
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Children are very nice observers, and will often perceive your sligthest defects. In general, those who govern children, forgive nothing in them, but everything in themselves.
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Children are excellent observers, and will often perceive your slightest defects. In general, those who govern children, forgive nothing in them, but everything in themselves.
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
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Reflect upon the defects of your character: thoroughly realize their evils and the transient pleasures they give you, and firmly will that you shall try your best not to yield to them the next time.
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One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.
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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.
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Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects
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We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects
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We don't love qualities, we love persons sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.
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Nature has perfection, in order to show that she is the image of God and defects, to show that she is only his image.
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We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.
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Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.
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