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Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.
Faults
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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We must not take the faults of our youth with us into old age, for age brings along its own defects.
Age and Aging
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering the weaknesses of others.
Deception
William Hazlitt

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Only the great can afford to have great defects.
Faults
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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We know our friends by their defects rather than their merits.
Friends and Friendship
W. Somerset Maugham

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Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.
Self-knowledge
Alexander Pope

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The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success.
Faults
Marquis De Sade

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

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun