Nitty gritties

Thursday, 18 June 2015

"The perfect is the enemy of the good"

In La Bégueule (1772), Voltaire wrote Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien, which is often translated as "The perfect is the enemy of the good" (literally: "The best is the enemy of the good")
Posted by Aaliya Khan at 05:17
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest

No comments:

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post Home
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

About Me

Aaliya Khan
View my complete profile

Blog Archive

  • ▼  2015 (13)
    • ►  August (2)
    • ▼  June (11)
      • Shibboleths
      • paraprosdokian
      • Wellerisms
      • Catachresis (from Greek 
      • A double bind is an emotionally distressing dile...
      • "The perfect is the enemy of the good"
      • Clean hands doctrine
      • Tu quoque
      • Between Scylla and Charybdis
      • The deus ex machina device has many criticisms at...
      • Interesting opening lines
Simple theme. Powered by Blogger.