The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good; and many a good book has remained unwritten... because there floated before the mind's eye the ideal of a better or a best.


Commentary on the Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia. Revelation II-III. (ed. 1872)


The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good; and many a good book has remained unwritten... because there floated before the mind's eye the ideal of ...

The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good; and many a good book has remained unwritten... because there floated before the mind's eye the ideal of ...

The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good; and many a good book has remained unwritten... because there floated before the mind's eye the ideal of ...

The best is oftentimes the enemy of the good; and many a good book has remained unwritten... because there floated before the mind's eye the ideal of ...