We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

-- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

我们了解朋友靠的是他们的缺点，而不是他们的优点。

标签

Defects Merits

相关名言

However, writing software without defects is not sufficient. In my experience, it is at least as difficult to write software that is safe - that is, software that behaves reasonably under adverse conditions.

然而，编写没有缺陷的软件是不够的。根据我的经验，编写安全的软件至少和编写在不利条件下行为合理的软件一样困难。

阅读 +

In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process.

在我祖父的实验室里，科学家们进行了独立的研究，同行们对它的优点进行了评论。他告诉我，政治在科学过程中没有地位。

阅读 +

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

只有时间才能使人的名誉得到提高，而时间的结果却是使人的缺点得到尊重。

阅读 +