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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.
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
No one becomes perfect, but some become great.
No one becomes perfect, but some become great.
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
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.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more.
Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more.
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.
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
