"Men still had faults, and men will have them still; He that hath none, and lives as angels do, Must be an angel."

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Source : Wentworth Dillon (4th earl of Roscommon.) (1749). “The poetical works of ... Wentworth Dillon, earl of Roscommon”, p.46

Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

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“Perfection is attained, not when no more can be added, but when no more can be removed.”
“When all actions are used for feedback, the consequence of making mistakes will be a corrective and appropriate response, because everything everybody does matters. ... The more selective you are in the feedback you accept, the more insane your reasoning will become as you will necessarily reject corrective feedback that would have led to better reasoning.”
“Fundamentalist governments and organizations endanger stability in the world.”

Source : "Interview: Israeli President Discusses Iran Nuclear Standoff". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty interview, www.rferl.org. March 20, 2006.
“My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them.”
“Smoking marijuana, as long as you leave the nicotine out of it, is certainly no more damaging than having a drink, and I suspect better for you than having a drink.”
“I wish I could say everything in one word. I hate all the things that can happen between the beginning of a sentence and the end.”

Source : Leonard Cohen (2011). “The Favourite Game”, p.187, Emblem Editions
“What people ask for has nothing to do with the value of a property. You might see a listing for $300,000 and think you should make a $250,000 bid. But hyper-focus on what the house is worth. You should know what the house is worth by looking at comparable properties. Base your bid on that.”
“Most large mistakes in organizational design come from putting the individual ambitions of the people at the top of the organization ahead of the communication paths for the people at the bottom of the organization.”

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