Sekirov Dictionary

let the perfect be the enemy of the good

verb1

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To insist on the total realization of a goal and reject any compromise, thereby decreasing the chance of achieving even a part of that goal.
- More data and more analyses will provide better information for the future, but we dare not let “the perfect be the enemy of the good”. — 1960

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