Famous quotes containing the words mass and/or defect:
“In the mass of mankind, I fear, there is too great a majority of fools and knaves; who, singly from their number, must to a certain degree be respected, though they are by no means respectable.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“A weak mind is the only defect out of our power to mend.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)