| 单词 | to have the qualities of one's defects |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have the qualities (also virtues) of one's defects P2. to have the defects of one's qualities (also virtues): to have certain flaws as a consequence of having certain commendable qualities. Hence also to have the qualities (also virtues) of one's defects. [Originally after French avoir les défauts de ses qualités (1808 or earlier).] ΚΠ 1845 tr. M. E. Sue Paula Monti xxx. 247 As one has always the defects of one's qualities [Fr. comme on a toujours les défauts de ses qualités], I see, even in the kind of weakness you may be reproached with, evidence of the most exquisite delicacy. 1878 J. Morley Vauvenargues in Crit. Misc. 14 Vauvenargues has the defects of his qualities. 1929 Daily Tel. 15 Jan. 7 If he has the defects of his virtues—a certain slap-dashness visible enough in one or two of these stories—he has also the virtues of his defects. 1960 Listener 25 Feb. 334/1 As for resistance, railwaymen have the defects of their qualities... Flexibility and acceptance of change are not among their collective virtues. 2002 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 96 802/1 These books, like all books, have the defects of their virtues. < as lemmas |
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