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.We forget our faults easily when they are known to ourselves alone.There are people who in spite of their merit disgust us, and others who please us in spite of their faults.We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger.It is only persons of firmness that can have real gentleness. Those who appear gentle are, in general, only a weak character, which easily changes into asperity.We credit scarcely any persons with good sense except those who are of our opinion.