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feet of clay

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feet of clay
if you say that someone you admire has feet of clay, you mean they have hidden faults. Some of the greatest geniuses in history had feet of clay.
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It is the feet of clay that make the gold of the image precious.
We have all feet of clay, women as well as men; but when we men love women, we love them knowing their weaknesses, their follies, their imperfections, love them all the more, it may be, for that reason.
 
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