Famous quotes containing the words imperfect and/or degree:
“The mere existence of conscience, that faculty of which people prate so much nowadays, and are so ignorantly proud, is a sign of our imperfect development. It must be merged in instinct before we become fine.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“A new degree of intellectual power seems cheap at any price.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)