96 Foibles Quotes
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Famous Foibles Quotes
A man's foibles are what makes him lovable. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We’ve all got weaknesses. Me, for instance. I’m tragically funny and good-looking. — Rick Riordan
Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them. — Francois de la Rochefoucauld
To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity. — William Arthur Ward
We all have our flaws. But we overcome them. And sometimes, it's our flaws that make us who we are. — Erin Hunter
It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
All men have their frailties; and whoever looks for a friend without imperfections, will never find what he seeks. — Cyrus the Great
These flattering mirrors reflect imperfectly what is within; the countenance is often a gay deceiver. What defects of mind lie hidden under its beauty! What fair exteriors conceal base souls! — Pierre Corneille
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them. — Confucius
We're not perfect; we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults. — Grace Jones
The worst of our faults is our interest in other people's faults. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
Our flaws are what makes us human. If we can accept them as part of who we are, they really don't even have to be an issue. — Ellen DeGeneres
Vices are simply the errors which a man makes in his search after his own happiness. Unlike crimes, they imply no malice toward others, and no interference with their persons or property. — Lysander Spooner
Short Foibles Quotes
- Love your friend with his foibles — Greek Proverbs
- Our foibles are really what make us lovable. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Scan not a friend with a microscopic glass, you know his faults, now let the foibles pass. — George Harrison
- Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs. — Hannah More
- The common foible of women who have been handsome is to forget that they are no longer so. — Francois de la Rochefoucauld
- Unless you make allowances for your friends foibles, you betray your own. — Publilius Syrus
- I think the negative traits are what makes us love other human beings, the foibles and the flaws. — Denise Mina
- Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful. — Moliere
- The foibles of my body are pretty much out there in the work I do. — Philip Seymour Hoffman
- A forte always makes a foible. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Foibles Quotes
The truth is markets are made up of people, with their emotions, insecurities, their tendency to go to extremes, and their other foibles. Thus, they often make mistakes and swing to erroneous extremes. — Howard Marks
Flying is hypnotic and all pilots are victims to the spell. Their world is like a magic island in which the factors of life and death assume their proper values. Thinking becomes clear because there are no earthly foibles or embellishments to confuse it. — Ernest K. Gann
The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy. — Moliere
Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And though but few can serve, yet all may please; On, let th' ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence. — Hannah More
Bestiality is not my thing But it seems to be a harmless foible or idiosyncrasy of some people. So, as long as the animal doesn't mind (and the animal rarely does), I don't mind, and I don't see why anyone else should. — Frank Kameny
A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer. — Joseph Conrad
You do form a cadre of people that you trust and who are good at their jobs and who know you and what your quirks and foibles are. It makes making movies very collegial and a lot more fun. — Joe Dante
I'm always interested in people being able to share stories that allow us to see the landscape of human foibles, challenges, and ultimately triumph. — Oprah Winfrey
When you write you in a way write out of what you think of as your best self, the part of you that is lacking in foibles and weaknesses and egotism and vanities and so on. You're just trying to really say something as truthful as you can out of the best that you have in you. — Salman Rushdie
What is so funny about us is precisely that we take ourselves too seriously. Laughter is the same and healthy response to the innocent foibles of men; and even to some which are not innocent. — Reinhold Niebuhr
Sarcastic Dog Quotes
For some are in the habit of carrying about the name in wicked guile, while they still practice things unworthy of God. You must flee these as you would wild beasts. For they are ravening dogs, who bite secretly, against whom you must be on your guard, since they are men who can scarcely be cured. — Ignatius of Antioch
The more I see of man, the more I like dogs. — Madame de Stael
At first I thought he was walking a dog. Then I realized it was his date. — Edith Massey
Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog. — Harold Wilson
A woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinter legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to see it done at all. — James Boswell
Now then, you dogs, whom the apostle puts outside and who yelp at the God of truth, let us come to your various questions. — Tertullian
Wise Humorous Quotes
The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence. — Charles Bukowski
There is a place you can touch a woman that will drive her crazy. Her heart. — Melanie Griffith
I am content in my later years. I have kept my good humor and take neither myself nor the next person seriously. — Albert Einstein
Perhaps imagination is only intelligence having fun. — George Scialabba
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. — George Bernard Shaw
Everyone has a photographic Memory, some just don't have film. — Steven Wright
Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age. — C. E. M. Joad
The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once. — Herbert V. Prochnow
A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease. — Elizabeth Gaskell
The joy of joys is the person of light but unmalicious humor. If you know any one who is gay, beguiling and amusing, you will, if you are wise, do everything you can to make him prefer your house and your table to any other; for where he is, the successful party is also. — Emily Post
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 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
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 Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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 Francois de la Rochefoucauld |
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 Rick Riordan |
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 William Arthur Ward |
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 Erin Hunter |
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More Foibles Quotes
I did not want to live out my life in the strenuous effort to hold a ghost world together. It was plain as the stars that time herself moved in grand tidal sweeps rather than the tick-tocks we suffocate within, and that I must reshape myself to fully inhabit the earth rather than dawdle in the sump of my foibles. — Jim Harrison
One does not lash hat lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit our own. Only then will the work be a part of our own flesh. The garden must be weeded. — Paul Klee
The problems we have with our current technology often reveal our own human foibles, and it's these new emotions of cyberspace which reveal our struggles. — Alexander Weinstein
As intellectual as we think we are, you still trip, we still have human foibles, sexuality, all the different things to still make you aware of your humanity. — Robin Williams
In romance we feel the need to zoom in and expound on our partner's foibles in intimate detail; in friendship we tend to do the opposite, avoiding confrontation through fear, lethargy or both. — Mariella Frostrup
Tomorrow is another day, we rather hope it will be better but better it won't be unless self-foibles are examined. — Barbara Oakley
When a well-rounded character takes over, he doesn't lecture you about his history and how he is misunderstood. He lives his life, does things that are unexpected, and makes you laugh and cry because of his human flaws and foibles. — Andrew Lam
But we all recognise the primary foible of frail humanity - our propensity for embracing hope and shunning logic, our tendency to believe what we desire rather than what we observe. — Stephen Jay Gould
I just make what I like - warm and human stories, ones about historic characters and events, and about animals. If there is a secret, I guess it's that I never make the pictures too childish, but always try to get in a little satire of adult foibles. — Walt Disney
Positiveness is an absurd foible. If you are in the right, it lessens your triumph; if in the wrong, it adds shame to your defeat. — Laurence Sterne
A good book is the very essence of a good man. His virtues survive in it, while the foibles and faults of his actual life are forgotten. All the goodly company of the excellent and great sit around my table, or look down on me from yonder shelves, waiting patiently to answer my questions and enrich me with their wisdom. A precious book is a foretaste of immortality. — Theodore L. Cuyler
When we fail to live up to our ideals, for instance, we might begin to wonder who we are - most people are aware of a discrepancy, I think. There are idiosyncrasies and foibles, but we're not sure if these are essential. Some people think they are the most essential things of all. — Quentin S. Crisp
I pray as part of my mindfulness practice and try to recount my day, all my triumphs and foibles, before I go to sleep at night. These practices keep me calm for the most part. — Emily Saliers
A library represents the mind of its collector, fancies and foibles, strengths and weaknesses, prejudices and preferences. — William Osler
No one wants to hear about how awesome you were; people want to hear about the time you blew it. So I think the longer you do stand-up, the more comfortable you are. You stop wanting to hide your foibles and instead want to show who you are. — Aisha Tyler
I learned that famous writers are people with foibles like anyone else and this helped me realize reaching their level of notoriety wasn't impossible. — Kirby Wright
Life with a daughter of nine through twelve is a special experience for parents, particularly mothers. In a daughter's looks, actions, attitudes, passions, loves, and hates, in her fears and her foibles, a mother will see herself at the same age. You are far enough away to have some perspective on what your daughter is going through. Still, you are close enough, if reminded, to feel it all again. — Stella Chess
Fortunately for those who pay their court through such foibles, a fond mother, though, in pursuit of praise for her children, the most rapacious of human beings, is likewise the most credulous; her demands are exorbitant; but she will swallow any thing. — Jane Austen
Spirituality authors, who are generally forgiving of most human foibles ... take a hard line on intellectualism.... Skepticism they view with contempt, as the refuge of the unenlightened. — Wendy Kaminer
while it is certainly the biographer's business to describe the foibles, passions and idiosyncrasies which make his subject a person, his work will be very meagre if these individual traits are not also seen as part of a universal drama - for each man's life is also the story of Everyman. — Iris Origo
Most men call fretting a minor fault, a foible, and not a vice. There is no vice except drunkenness which can so utterly destroy the peace, the happiness of a hoe. — Helen Hunt Jackson
The raillery which is consistent with good-breeding is a gentle animadversion of some foible, which, while it raises the laugh in the rest of the company, doth not put the person rallied out of countenance, or expose him to shame or contempt. On the contrary, the jest should be so delicate that the object of it should be capable of joining in the mirth it occasions. — Henry Fielding
If you have a friend that will reprove your faults and foibles, consider you enjoy a blessing which the king upon the throne cannot have. — James Burgh
We don't exist unless there is someone who can see us existing, what we say has no meaning until someone can understand, while to be surrounded by friends is constantly to have our identity confirmed; their knowledge and care for us have the power to pull us from our numbness. In small comments, many of them teasing, they reveal they know our foibles and except them and so, in turn, accept that we have a place in the world. — Alain de Botton
If, while hurrying ostensibly to the temple of truth, we hand the reins over to our personal interests which look aside at very different guiding stars, for instance at the tastes and foibles of our contemporaries, at the established religion, but in particular at the hints and suggestions of those at the head of affairs, then how shall we ever reach the high, precipitous, bare rock whereon stands the temple of truth? — Arthur Schopenhauer
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