Pastoral Resources

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private.

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.

It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but that is not the fault of mathematics, for it is equally true of every other exclusive occupation.

I've had every advantage in the world, despite the 18 years of silence which were nobody's fault but mine.

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.

There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.

I'm frustrated by something, it's my fault for exposing myself to it in the first place. The rumor mill always seemed like a grass fire to me. Why walk out in the middle of the field, it's just going to flame out and go away just like everything else does?

If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.

In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don't know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country.

And you yourself always be seated at the middle fo the high table that your presence as lord or lady may appear openly to all, and that you may plainly see on either side all the service and all the faults.

Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air.

Greed and globalization aren't just America's fault.

All the faults of the age come from Christianity and journalism. Christianity, of course, but why journalism?

People who think they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only fault.

I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.

The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.

My fault now is making my plays too short.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.