Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield - Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things i...

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Zitate

Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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Streben Sie in allem nach Perfektion, obwohl dies in den meisten Dingen unerreichbar ist. Diejenigen, die darauf abzielen und beharrlich sind, werden ihr jedoch viel näher kommen als diejenigen, deren Faulheit und Verzagtheit sie dazu bringen, es als unerreichbar aufzugeben.

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