It is in our faults and failings not in our virtues that we touch each other and find sympathy. It is in our follies that we are one.
In both religion and science some people are dishonest exploitative incompetent and exhibit other human failings.
He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause to an ardent generous perhaps an immoderate passion for fame a passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings their weakness. It's also about mutual help not about exploitation.
The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that despite human failings the Simpsons are really decent people.
We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy substance abuse and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children.
At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings.
Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.
One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be and how dangerous it is to trust them.
Scotland is my country the nation that shaped me that taught me my values. A nation whose achievements inspired and inspire me a community whose failings drive me - drive my overwhelming desire to fight for social justice and equality.
One of the great failings of our education system is that we tend to focus on those who are succeeding in exams and there are plenty of them. But what we should also be looking at and a lot more urgently is those who fail.
When you are offended at any man's fault turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.