Quote by Josh Billings
If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would

If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself. – Josh Billings

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I havent got as much money as some folks, but Ive got as much impudence as any of them, and thats the next thing to money. – Josh Billings

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Money
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When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. – Josh Billings

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Youth
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I beat myself up every day, without so much as a scratch. – Terri Guillemets, “Perfectionism,” 1990

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Perfection

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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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. – Joseph Addison

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Perfection

One minute was enough, Tyler said, a person had to work hard for it, but a minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection. – Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

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Perfection

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Health care comprises nearly 20 percent of our national economy, but outdated bureaucracy and red tape have stifled competition and raised costs. As a result, today more than 45 million are without any health coverage. – John Shadegg

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