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Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
No one becomes perfect, but some become great.
No one becomes perfect, but some become great.
Crave not perfection from others & you will get the best behaviour they can offer.
Crave not perfection from others & you will get the best behaviour they can offer.
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
The intellect of man is forced to choose perfection of the life, or of the work, and if it take read more
The intellect of man is forced to choose perfection of the life, or of the work, and if it take the second must refuse a heavenly mansion, raging in the dark.
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
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.
