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Old 10-02-10, 12:07 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by The Third Man View Post
Although often attributed to a Russian saying/proverb , much like the famous Stalin quote, "Quantity has a Quality all its own", it is actually a slight re-wording of a François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire) quote....'The perfect is the enemy of the good'.


But yeah, the pics don't inspire much confidence do they?
I've never heard it attributed to a Russian proverb. It's usually attributed to Admiral Gorshkov, who probably adapted it from the similar quotes by Clausewitz and Voltaire.
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