There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.

There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.

有一些缺点几乎与优点连在一起，我们很难在不消除优点的情况下除去缺点。

-- Oliver Goldsmith 奥利弗·戈德史密斯