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It is failings that show human nature, and merits that distinguish the individual; faults and misfortunes we all have in common; virtues belong to each one separately.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • Maxims and Reflections
Be no wiser than is necessary, but be wise in moderation. Letter of Paul to the Romans, 12
lindaraquelita • A Catalog of Montaigne's Beam Inscriptions
If any man thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. Letter of Paul to the Galatians, 6[.3].
lindaraquelita • A Catalog of Montaigne's Beam Inscriptions
Perhaps he is a fool and a coward but almost everybody is one or the other and most people are both.
James Baldwin • Giovanni's Room
Author Francois de La Rochefoucauld reminds us that we often justify our mistakes rather than addressing them:
"We try to make virtues out of the faults we have no wish to correct."
"We try to make virtues out of the faults we have no wish to correct."