• The maxims tell you to aim at perfection, which is well; but it's unattainable, all the same.

  Bayard Taylor
  American poet, travel author, and diplomat 1825-1878
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The maxims tell you to aim at perfection, which is well; but it's unattainable, all the same. by : Bayard Taylor

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