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缺陷
Defects
I'm a good person, but with many defects.
我是个很好的人，但是我也有很多缺点。
The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
伟人的缺点是蠢人的安慰。
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
任何环境的改变都无法弥补性格上的缺陷。
One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.
一个人在远处看到品质，在近处看到缺陷。
We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.
我们了解朋友靠的是他们的缺点，而不是他们的优点。
Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing.
有些人对优点不满意，而另一些人的缺点和缺点却令人愉快。
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。
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.
狡猾是一种隐藏自己缺点，发现别人缺点的艺术。
If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate.
如果我们没有缺点，我们就不会为那些与我们交往的人的缺点而烦恼。
We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects.
我们厌倦了一切，除了把别人变成笑柄，并为他们的缺点而庆幸自己。
We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.
我们爱的不是品质，而是人;有时是因为他们的缺点，也因为他们的品质。
We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.
我们成功的企业，需要我们所拥有的积极的品质，但我们在那些也可以利用我们的缺点。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。