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1 " You tell me that you sometimes view the dark side of your Diana, and there no doubt you discover many Spots which I rather wish were erased, than conceal'd from you. Do not judge by this, that your opinion is an indifferent thing to me, (were it so, I should look forward with a heavey Heart,) but it is far otherways, for I had rather stand fair there, and be thought well of by Lysander than by the greater part of the World besides. I would fain hope that those faults which you discover, proceed more, from a wrong Head, than a bad Heart. E'er long May I be connected with a Friend from whose Example I may form a more faultless conduct, and whose benevolent mind will lead him to pardon, what he cannot amend. "
― Abigail Adams , The Letters of John and Abigail Adams
2 " We can only find those faults in others that already exist within us, and the same goes for those things we admire about them. "
― Stephen Richards
3 " Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse. "
― Oliver Goldsmith , The Vicar of Wakefield
4 " ...their relationship was a point of near-constant discussion in Night Vale, all of their imperfections and faults, which made them individuals worth loving. They had built those faults into the usual messy, comfortable, patched-up, beautiful structure that any functioning long-term relationship ended up being. "
― Joseph Fink
5 " We should always be grateful for the faults in our partner because if they didn't have those faults from the start, they would have been able to marry someone much better than us "
― Ajahn Brahm , Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung?: Inspiring Stories for Welcoming Life's Difficulties
6 " Conscience is a coward and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse. "
7 " I may be what my enemies desire me to be, yet never an accusation are they able to hurl against me which makes me blush or lower my forehead; and I hope that God will be merciful enough with me, to prevent me from committing one of those faults which would involve my family. "