Joseph Addison Quotes About Imperfection
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The moderns cannot reach their beauties, but can avoid their imperfections.
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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.
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A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.
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I think I may define taste to be that faculty of the soul which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike.
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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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