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Lytton Strachey

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

Antonio Tabucchi

But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.

by Antonio Tabucchi (Writer, Italian , born in 1943) keywords: constant, democracy, improved, means, perfection, state , vigilance

Antonio Tabucchi

It's the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection.

by Antonio Tabucchi (Writer, Italian , born in 1943) keywords: cast, doubt, intellectuals, job, perfection , writers

Antonio Tabucchi

Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas.

by Antonio Tabucchi (Writer, Italian , born in 1943) keywords: dictators, doctrines, ideas, perfection , totalitarian

To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.

by Ali ibn Abi Talib (Clergyman , born in 600) keywords: action, another, good, goodness, make, perfection , succeed

I'm in pursuit of what cannot be achieved: perfection.

by Andrew Vachss (Author, American , born in 1942) keywords: achieved, cannot, perfection , pursuit

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

by Voltaire (Writer, French , born in 1970) keywords: attained, degrees, hand, perfection, requires, slow , time

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

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

by Oscar Wilde (Dramatist, Irish , born in 1970) keywords: art, only, our, perfection, realise , through

The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.

by George Will (Journalist , born in 1941) keywords: impedes, improvement, often, perfection , pursuit

That is what great athletes can do: they give us a model of striving for human perfection.

by Armstrong Williams (Journalist, American , born in 1959) keywords: athletes, give, great, human, model, perfection, striving , us

Love is the bond of perfection.

by John Winthrop (Celebrity, English , born in 1587) keywords: bond, love , perfection

Reese Witherspoon

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

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