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perfect is the enemy of good

aphorism commonly attributed to Voltaire
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perfect is the enemy of good

Summary

perfect is the enemy of good is a proverb[1]. It draws 700 Wikipedia views per month (proverb category, ranking #4 of 28).[2]

Key Facts

  • perfect is the enemy of good's instance of is recorded as proverb[3].
  • perfect is the enemy of good's instance of is recorded as aphorism[4].
  • perfect is the enemy of good's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b777dv[5].
  • perfect is the enemy of good's described at URL is recorded as https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/happiness-in-world/201106/why-perfect-is-the-enemy-good[6].
  • perfect is the enemy of good's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1456558[7].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include proverb[3] and aphorism[4].

Why It Matters

perfect is the enemy of good draws 700 Wikipedia views per month (proverb category, ranking #4 of 28).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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