"Perfection bores me, in art, in music; most of all, in people. Luckily, perfection is rare."
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"There are many lovely women, but no perfect ones."
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"Not seeing people permits us to imagine them with every perfection."
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"An action is the perfection and publication of thought."
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"Christianity is the highest perfection of humanity."
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"We like the imperfect because it reminds us of ourselves."
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"Perfect is the enemy of good."
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"The abuse of grace is affectation, as the abuse of the sublime is absurdity; all perfection is nearly a fault."
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"It is an error to imagine that evolution signifies a constant tendency to increased perfection. That process undoubtedly involves a constant remodeling of the organism in adaptation to new conditions; but it depends on the nature of those conditions whether the direction of the modifications effected shall be upward or downward."
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"Angels are endowed with the noblest created Attributes. They are endowed with wonderful Power. This perfection of Angels is forcibly indicated by the fact that the name Power, or Might, is in several places given to them in the Gospel. No stronger testimony of their high possession of this attribute can be conveyed by a single word; for it is a direct declaration that their nature is power itself."
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"I truly am the reflection of perfection."
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"What's come to perfection perishes. Things learned on earth we shall practice in heaven; Works done least rapidly Art most cherishes."
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"True perfection is a bold quest to seek. Only the willing and true of heart will seek the betterment of many."
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"Complete and total perfection will come about only when we feel that our perfection is no perfections as long as the rest of humanity remains imperfect."
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"I call "crystallization" that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events."
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"And what do I mean by the word 'perfection'? That I shall not try to explain but only say, 'Perfection makes me laugh.' Not cynically, I hasten to add, 'With joy."
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"Not only we can, but some have reached perfection; so no matter what finer bodies come, they could only be on the relative plane and could do no more than we, for to attain freedom is all that can be done."
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"Meandering leads to perfection."
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"Would you be in any way offended if I said that you seem to me to be in every way the visible personification of absolute perfection?"
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"Don't imagine that your perfection lies in accumulating or possessing external things. Your affection is inside of you."
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