Timidity Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it. Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.YOU MAY ALSO LIKE ยปChance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct.Quarrels would not last so long if the fault lay only on one side.If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.There are people who in spite of their merit disgust us, and others who please us in spite of their faults.We forget our faults easily when they are known to ourselves alone.We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger.