Perfection

Famous quotes containing the word perfection:

“It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art ... consists.”
—John Ruskin (1819–1900)

“There is a certain perfection in accident which we never consciously attain.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“The cultivation of literary pursuits forms the basis of all sciences, and in their perfection consist the reputation and prosperity of kingdoms.”
—Marquês De Pombal (1699–1782)