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Originally Posted by The Third Man
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?
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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.