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We worship perfection because we can't have it; if we had it, we would reject it. Perfection is inhuman, because humanity is imperfect.
The Book of Disquiet
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away
Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often
He did not wish to be believed to be the best but to be it
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time
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
It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached
The reason firm, the temperate will,
Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill;
A perfect woman, nobly planned,
To warn, to comfort, and command.
Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill;
A perfect woman, nobly planned,
To warn, to comfort, and command.
She was a Phantom of Delight
He spake of love, such love as spirits feel
In worlds whose course is equable and pure;
No fears to beat away, no strife to heal,—
The past unsighed for, and the future sure.
In worlds whose course is equable and pure;
No fears to beat away, no strife to heal,—
The past unsighed for, and the future sure.
Laodamia
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