品质

1. 肤浅

肤浅

a good face needs no paint · a fair face may hide a foul heart · a monkey in silk is a monkey no less · every couple is not a pair

2. 二元性与对比

二元性与对比

clergymen's sons always turn out badly · doctors make the worst patients · every light has its shadow · every white has its black and every sweet its sour

3. 有用性与价值

有用性与价值

it does not matter if a cat is black or white as long as it catches mice · a king's chaff is worth more than other men's corn · a store is no sore · free vinegar is sweeter than honey

4. 质量与性能

质量与性能

a cracked bell can never sound well · a diamond with a flaw is better than a common stone that is perfect · a good tale is none the worse for being told twice · cheapest is dearest

5. 相似性与差异性

相似性与差异性

a thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf · east is east west is west · all cats are gray in the dark · like mother like daughter

6. 适合性与兼容性

适合性与兼容性

oil and water do not mix · day and night cannot dwell together · you cannot serve god and mammon · every couple is not a pair

7. 重要性与优先级

重要性与优先级

head and feet keep warm the rest will take no harm · strain at gnats and swallow camels · while the grass grows the horse starves · eagles catch flies

8. 时间与及时性

时间与及时性

delays are dangerous · a day of sorrow is longer than a month of joy · all days are short to industry and long to idleness · no sooner said than done

9. 期望与可预测性

期望与可预测性

it is all lombard street to a china orange · there is nowt so queer as folk · truth is stranger than fiction · jesters do oft prove prophets

10. Practicality

a man is judged by his deeds, not by his words · better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand · deeds are fruits words are but leaves · fair words fill not the belly

11. 错误与不完美

错误与不完美

a good marksman may miss · every bean has its black · a horse has four legs yet it falls often · best of men are but men at best