The phrase "your foibles" is correct and usable in written English.
It refers to someone's weaknesses or imperfections. It is often used in a more lighthearted manner, rather than as a harsh critique. Example: Despite your many talents, your foibles for arriving late and losing your keys are endearing quirks to those who know you well.
Owning your foibles and laughing about them is very empowering but it can also be about self-preservation".
All of which means that losing them is exquisitely painful, because their wit and wisdom (and basic tolerance of your foibles) is irreplaceable.
But it's a modern tonic, an elastic snap back to a reality where labels can't help you, where you're alone with the sum of your foibles on a curious planet.
Feiffer and Juster, both born in 1929, are like a pair of wryly benevolent uncles, with Norton the dreamy, crinkle-eyed, soft-spoken uncle who gives you the one piece of good advice you never forget, and Jules the wisecracking uncle who never lets up on your foibles but was happy to have you crash on his couch that night you just couldn't bear going home.
Learn and accept your foibles and faults.
It may well, for example, try to learn your motoring foibles, such as your favourite route into town.
Which brings us back to Sorkin's Jobs saying, "That's the idea, brother" – the desire to have your work, rather than your human foibles, represent you.
It does not take much to turn a comedy into a tragedy and vice versa, so learn to laugh at your own foibles as you learn from your every mistake.
They glean whatever they can about your political views, if you are careless enough to express them in public, and your personal foibles.
No man wants a woman who takes herself too seriously--showing that you can laugh at your own foibles will show not only that you have confidence, but that you're aware of your flaws.
