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«The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.»
«The farther a man knows himself to be free from perfection, the nearer he is to it»
«The greater the emphasis on perfection, the further it recedes»
Author: Haridas Chaudhuri
| About:
Perfection
| Keywords:
emphasis, further, recede, recedes, receding
«This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.»
Author: Saint Augustine
(Bishop, Theologian)
| About:
Perfection
| Keywords:
find out, imperfections, perfection, This Is, very
«The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything - is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position, and that is something of a driving, perfectionist attitude, so that once you do achieve number one, you don't relax and enjoy»
Author: Billie Jean King
(Tennis Player)
| About:
Perfection,
Trouble
| Keywords:
mentality, number one, perfectionist, perfectionists, relax
«The people are never so perfectly backed, but that they will kick and fling if not stroked at seasonable times.»
«The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light»
Author: Matthew Arnold
(Critic, Poet)
| About:
Perfection
| Keywords:
sweetness, sweetness and light
«The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Idleness,
Perfection,
Youth
| Keywords:
idleness
«The potentiality of perfection outweighs actual contradictions... Existence in itself is here to prove that it cannot be an evil.»
Author: Rabindranath Tagore
(Essayist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Existence,
Perfection
| Keywords:
contradictions, outweigh, outweighing, outweighs, potentiality
«To their right praise and true perfection!»
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