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“In love quarrels the party that loves the most is always most willing to acknowledge the greater fault.”

Party Greater Willing Faults Acknowledge Quarrels

Author:Walter Scott

“Less shame a greater fault would palliate.”

Greater Shame Faults

Book:Dante's Divina commedia, tr. in the metre and triple rhyme of the original, with notes, by mrs. Ramsay

Source: Dante's Divina commedia, tr. in the metre and triple rhyme of the original, with notes, by mrs. Ramsay

“Strive to attain to the greater virtues, but do not neglect the lesser ones. Do not make light of a fall even if it be the most venial of faults; rather, be quick to repair it by repentance, although many others may commit a large number of faults, slight and grievous, and remain unrepentant.”

Ifs May Light Fall Numbers Virtue Greater Faults Strive Commit Neglect Repentance Large Numbers

Book:Ascetical Works (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 9)

Source: Ascetical Works (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 9)

“He that avoideth not small faults, by little and little falleth into greater.”

Littles Sin Greater Faults

Book:The Imitation of Christ; Or, the Ecclesiastical Music

Source: The Imitation of Christ; Or, the Ecclesiastical Music

“But surely Adam cannot be excused; Her fault though great, yet he was most to blame; What weakness offered, strength might have refused, Being lord of all, the greater was the shame.”

Might Lord Greater Weakness Shame Blame Faults Adam

Author:Emilia Lanier

“Then let us have our libertyagain, And challenge to yourselves no sovereignty. You came not in the world without our pain, Make that a bar against your cruelty; Your fault being greater, why should you disdain Our being your equals, free from tyranny?”

World Should Pain Challenges Greater Faults Bars Tyranny Cruelty Sovereignty Disdain

Author:Emilia Lanier

“I never knew a critic who made it his business to lash the faults of other writers that was not guilty of greater himself--as the hangman is generally a worse malefactor than the criminal that suffers by his hand.”

Made Hands Suffering Greater Faults Critics Criminals Guilty Made It Lashes Not Guilty Hangman

Book:The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison

Source: The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison

“talking too much is a far greater social fault than talking too little.”

Littles Social Talking Greater Too Much Conversation Faults Talking Too Much

Book:Book of common sense etiquette

Source: Book of common sense etiquette

“There are some faults which, when well managed, make a greater figure than virtue itself.”

Wells Virtue Greater Figures Faults

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Pride has a greater share than goodness in the reproofs we give other people for their faults; and we chide them not so much to make them mend those faults as to make them believe that we ourselves are without fault.”

People Giving Believe Greater Share Pride Goodness Criticism Faults Reproof

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld