William Shakespeare - Ralph Waldo Emerson - Oscar Wilde - Hugo Chavez - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Marquis de Sade - Jane Austen - James D Watson -
Full oft ’tis seen
Our means secure us, and our mere defects
Prove our commodities. William Shakespeare, The History of King Lear IV I @16, Gloucester
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects. Oscar Wilde
I’m a man with many defects. I love. I sing. I dream. I was born in the poor countryside. I was raised in the countryside, planting corn and selling sweets made by my grandmother. My children, my two daughters are with me and I want a better world for my grandchildren, for your grandchildren. Hugo Chavez
Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success. Marquis de Sade
‘There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.’
‘And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody.’
‘And yours,’ he replied with a smile, ‘is wilfully to misunderstand them.’ Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Some day a child is going to sue its parents for being born. They will say, my life is so awful with these terrible genetic defects and you just callously didn't find out. James Dewey Watson