Defect

Famous quotes containing the word defect:

“Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be “too clever by half.” The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.”
—John Major (b. 1943)

“A weak mind is the only defect out of our power to mend.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“As a result of a general defect of nature, we are either more confident or more fearful of unusual and unknown things.”
—Julius Caesar [Gaius Julius Caesar] (100–44 B.C.)