Imperfect Degree

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)