nobody's perfect
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[edit] English
[edit] Proverb
- Used when someone's mistakes or flaws are acknowledged, to remind that everyone else makes mistakes and has flaws
- 1995, New York Magazine Vol. 28, No. 5, 30 January 1995, The de-moralization of society (Book Review)
- Hypocrisy, particularly in sexual matters, is excused on the grounds that hey, nobody's perfect, and at least folks back then felt bad enough to lie.
- 2000, Madonna, Nobody's Perfect
- I feel so sad. What I did wasn't right. I feel so bad and I must say to you: Sorry, but nobody's perfect. Nobody's perfect. What did you expect? I'm doing my best
- 1995, New York Magazine Vol. 28, No. 5, 30 January 1995, The de-moralization of society (Book Review)
