Quote by Lord Chesterfield
Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unatt

Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable. – Lord Chesterfield

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I am convinced that a light supper, a good nights sleep, and a fine morning, have sometimes made a hero of the same man, who, by an indigestion, a restless night, and rainy morning, would have proved a coward. – Lord Chesterfield

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As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless. – Lord Chesterfield

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The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is. – Dante Alighieri

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There are no perfect men in this world, only perfect intentions. – Pen Densham, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

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