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Ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.
by Lytton Strachey (Critic, English , born in 1880) keywords: art, clarifies, first, highest, historian, ignorance, perfection, requisite, selects, unattainable , which The absence of the heavy boot of Europe has preserved to these people the agile walk of the wild animal, while the general simplicity of their lives has given them many other points of physical perfection.
by John Millington Synge (Dramatist, Irish , born in 1871) keywords: absence, animal, boot, europe, general, given, heavy, lives, many, other, perfection, physical, points, preserved, simplicity, their, them, these, walk, while , wild The Word of God well understood and religiously obeyed is the shortest route to spiritual perfection. And we must not select a few favorite passages to the exclusion of others. Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian.
by Aiden Wilson Tozer (Clergyman, American , born in 1897) keywords: bible, christian, exclusion, favorite, few, god, less, make, must, nothing, obeyed, others, passages, perfection, religiously, route, select, shortest, spiritual, than, understood, well, whole , word The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would show men what they are, and how they might rise, not, indeed to perfection, but one step first, and then another on the ladder.
by Anthony Trollope (Author, English , born in 1815) keywords: adequately, another, could, first, how, indeed, ladder, life, men, might, painted, perfection, picture, rise, show, step, then, true , would You know one of the causes of modern despair is the fact that we have had proposed to us, from various quarters, an impossible perfection.
by Morris West (Writer, Australian , born in 1916) keywords: causes, despair, fact, had, impossible, know, modern, perfection, proposed, quarters, us , various 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.
by Richard Whately (Writer, English , born in 1787) keywords: always, good, make, manners, perfection, them, think, thinking, very, way, your , yourself But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensible luxury, but a simple necessity.
by Niklaus Wirth (Scientist, Swiss , born in 1934) keywords: dedication, enjoyment, expected, luxury, necessity, only, our, perfection, personal, precision, profession, quality, satisfaction, simple, through , work I don't believe in perfection. I don't think there is such a thing. But the energy of wanting things to be great is a perfectionist energy.
by Reese Witherspoon (Actor, American , born in 1976) keywords: believe, energy, great, perfection, perfectionist, such, thing, things, think , wanting I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don't care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity.
by Emile Zola (Novelist, French , born in 1840) keywords: am, beauty, care, centuries, concerned, great, intensity, life, little, perfection , struggle Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.
by Emile Zola (Novelist, French , born in 1840) keywords: cured, having, myself, nuisance, often, perfection, regret, such, tobacco , using