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If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.
If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.
No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of read more
No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art.
The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is.
The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is.
Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of read more
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.
Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more.
Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more.
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time
