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Perfect works are rare, because they must be produced at the happy

Perfect works are rare, because they must be produced at the happy moment when taste and genius unite; and this rare conjuncture, like that of certain planets, appears to occur only after the revolution of several cycles, and only lasts for an instant. – Vicomte De Chateaubriand

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Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. – Harriet Braiker

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All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. – William Faulkner

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I dont like these cold, precise, perfect people who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at all, and in order not to do wrong, never do anything. – Henry Ward Beecher

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As any artist can tell you, it is easier to reach perfection than to stop there. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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