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It has been my fate in a long life of production to be credited chiefly with the equivocal virtue of industry, a quality so excellent in morals, so little satisfactory in art. ↗

— Margaret Oliphant

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I think the definition of an artist is not necessarily tied into excellence or talent; an artist is somebody who, if you took away their freedom to make art, would lose their mind. ↗

— Richard Price

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What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence? ↗

— Sophocles

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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

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How would it be possible if salvation were ready to our hand, and could without great labor be found, that it should be by almost all men neglected? But all things excellent are as difficult as they are rare. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

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Just because you didn't start out perfect doesn't mean you can't have an excellent result in the end. ↗

— Debi Thomas

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Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected. ↗

— Steve Jobs

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All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. ↗