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Wikipedia says it's Voltaire quoting an ancient Italian saying. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_is_the_enemy_of_good https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfec
by bnegreve 11y ago
Wikipedia says it's Voltaire quoting an ancient Italian saying.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_is_the_enemy_of_good https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_is_the_enemy_of_good
Old sayings don't really have frontiers, so it might as well be an old Russian saying.
- SeanLuke 11y agoI actually wrote a paper entitled this. My favorite alternate version is William Hazlitt (1778–1830): "He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to please himself or others."
- stcredzero 11y agoOld sayings don't really have frontiers, so it might as well be an old Russian saying. I thought the classic Russian problem is having too many frontiers.