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Defects Of Character Quotes

Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character."
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "No change in circumstances can repair a defect of character."
No change in circumstances can repair a defect of character. Ralph Waldo Emerson
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "It is one of the defects of my character that I cannot..."
It is one of the defects of my character that I cannot altogether dislike anyone who makes me laugh. W. Somerset Maugham
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended."
Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
So you see,' said Stepan Arkadyich, 'you're a very wholesome man. That is your virtue and your defect. You have a wholesome character, and you want all of life to be made up of wholesome phenomena, but that doesn't happen. So you despise the activity of public service because you want things always to correspond to their aim, and that doesn't happen. You also want the activity of the individual man always to have an aim, that love and family life always be one. And that doesn't happen. All... Leo Tolstoy
My experience with age it instills a degree of patience in some, leaves the virtuous spiritually unchanged, feeds the character defects in others, and brings little wisdom to any of us. James Lee Burke
The people cannot look to legislation generally for success. Industry, thrift, character, are not conferred by act or resolve. Government cannot relieve from toil. It can provide no substitute for the rewards of service. It can, of course, care for the defective and recognize distinguished merit. The normal must care for themselves. Self-government means self-support. Calvin Coolidge
We are all of us more or less echoes, repeating involuntarily the virtues, the defects, the movements, and the characters of those among whom we live. Joseph Joubert
A nun I know once told me she kept begging God to take her character defects away from her. After years of this prayer, God finally got back to her: I'm not going to take anything away from you, you have to give it to Me. Anne Lamott
Feature-length film comedy is harder to pull off than the episodic sitcom - it doesn't have the same factory machinery up and running, teams of writers putting familiar characters through permutations - but that doesn't explain the widening quality gap that makes movie humor look like a genetic defective. James Wolcott
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. Margaret Halsey

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