Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, – for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it – not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.
And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
You can bear your own Faults, and why not a Fault in your Wife.
Wink at small faults; remember thou hast great ones.
We try to make virtues of the faults that we do not wish to correct.[Nous essayons de nous faire honneur des défauts que nous ne voulons pas corriger.]
Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.
There is not the least thing can be said or done but people will talk and find fault.[translation by John Willis Clark]Everything is talked about and everything is carped at.[translation by John Ormsby][De todo se trata, y de todo se murmura.]
The faults of the people spring from the faults of their rulers.[Che gli peccati de’ popoli nascono dai principi.]
The fault is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.[Also known as:]It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.[to Brutus]
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
Some people’s faults are becoming, other people’s virtues prove drawbacks.[Il y a des personnes à qui les défauts siéent bien, et d’autres qui sont disgraciées avec leurs bonnes qualités.]
One Mend-fault is worth two Findfaults, but one Findfault is better than two Makefaults.
