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The summer night is like a perfecti…

17 May , 2024  

The summer night is like a perfection of thought. Great short quote and quotation by: Wallace Stevens , US poet (1879 – 1955)

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The surest hindrance of success is …

17 May , 2024  

The surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an opinion of the judgment of the public. He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to please himself or others. Great short quote and […]

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There are many shining qualities on…

3 May , 2016  

There are many shining qualities on the mind of man; but none so useful as discretion. It is this which gives a value to all the rest, and sets them at work in their proper places, and turns them to the advantage of their possessor. Without it, learning is pedantry; wit, impertinence; virtue itself looks […]

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This is the very perfection of a ma…

14 Jun , 2013  

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfection. Great short quote and quotation by: Saint Augustine , Carthaginian author, saint, & church father (354 AD – 430 AD)

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Richard Whately

To be always thinking about your ma…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself. Great short quote and quotation by: Richard Whately ,

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To listen closely and reply well is…

13 Oct , 2011  

To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation. Great short quote and quotation by: Francois de La Rochefoucauld , French author & moralist (1613 – 1680)

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Samuel McChord Crothers

Try as hard as we may for perfectio…

5 Aug , 2011  

Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways. Great short quote and quotation by: Samuel McChord Crothers ,

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While one should always study the m…

15 Feb , 2011  

While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first is personality, which no one should copy; the second is perfection, which all should aim at. Great short quote and […]

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