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Quote by Joseph Addison
It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The m

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. – Joseph Addison

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Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed. – Joseph Addison

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Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts old age is slow in both. – Joseph Addison

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Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks. – Goethe

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A good garden may have some weeds. – Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732

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There are no perfect men in this world, only perfect intentions. – Pen Densham, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

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