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Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Don't make a habit of pointing out other people's flaws. You're not perfect either. Look in the mirror before you read more
Don't make a habit of pointing out other people's flaws. You're not perfect either. Look in the mirror before you look out the window.
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.
It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it read more
It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.
It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet read more
It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more.
Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more.
No one becomes perfect, but some become great.
No one becomes perfect, but some become great.
A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals read more
A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.
Trifles go to make perfection, And perfection is no trifle.
Trifles go to make perfection, And perfection is no trifle.
