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  2. Perfect is the enemy of good - Wikipedia

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    Perfect is the enemy of good is an aphorism that means insistence on perfection often prevents implementation of good improvements. Achieving absolute perfection may be impossible; one should not let the struggle for perfection stand in the way of appreciating or executing on something that is imperfect but still of value.

  3. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    The longest journey starts with a single step; The Moon is made of green cheese; The more the merrier; The more things change, the more they stay the same; The only disability in life is a bad attitude – Scott Hamilton; The only way to understand a woman is to love her; The old wooden spoon beats me down

  4. Heraclitus - Wikipedia

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    A quote about the bow shows his appreciation for wordplay: "The bow's name is life, but its work is death." [ ba ] [ note 8 ] Each substance contains its opposite, making for a continual circular exchange of generation, destruction, and motion that results in the stability of the world.

  5. 'We hold these truths to be self-evident.' The Declaration of ...

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    On July 4, 1776, a group of American founders pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred honor to found a new nation.

  6. The unexamined life is not worth living - Wikipedia

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    The unexamined life is not worth living" is a famous dictum supposedly uttered by Socrates at his trial for impiety and corrupting youth, for which he was subsequently sentenced to death.

  7. The road to hell is paved with good intentions - Wikipedia

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    The exact origin of this proverb is unknown and several variations exist. The first full version of the phrase appeared in an 1811 English version of one of Johann Jacob Rambach's books, "The road to hell is paved with good resolutions", a translation of his 1730 German text Der Weg zur Höllen sey mit lauter gutem Vorsatz gepflastert.

  8. Existential nihilism - Wikipedia

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    Existential nihilism is the philosophical theory that life has no objective meaning or purpose. [1] The inherent meaninglessness of life is largely explored in the philosophical school of existentialism, where one can potentially create their own subjective "meaning" or "purpose".

  9. Ars longa, vita brevis - Wikipedia

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    The late-medieval author Chaucer (c. 1343 –1400) observed "The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne" ("The life so short, the craft so long to learn", the first line of the Parlement of Foules). [6] The first-century CE rabbi Tarfon is quoted as saying "The day is short, the labor vast, the workers are lazy, the reward great, the Master ...