If you are talented, diligence will make your talent more perfect; if your talent is mediocre, diligence will make up for the flaws. --Reynolds

Its perfection is the perfection of our lives. -- Rabindranath Tagore

Since there are black spots on the sun, it is even more impossible for "things in this world" to be without flaws. -- Chernyshevsky

Because they have flaws, people are willing to tolerate their success. It also often causes potential rivals to ignore their competition and challenges.

Never try to cover up your knowledge deficiencies, even with the boldest speculations and assumptions. No matter how dazzling the color of this soap bubble is to you, the soap bubble is bound to burst, and you will gain nothing except shame. (Pavlov) "A Letter to the Youth" "Selected Works of Pavlov"