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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.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
A beautiful thing is never perfect.
A beautiful thing is never perfect.
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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.
All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more.
Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more.
Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is the enemy of well-being.
Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is the enemy of well-being.
