a flaw is a flaw is a flaw ...

“To know you don’t know is best.
Not to know you don’t know is a flaw.
Therefore the Sage’s not being flawed
Stems from his recognizing a flaw as a flaw.
Therefore, he is flawless.”

(Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 71. Trans. Robert G Henricks)