What's come to perfection perishes.
Things learned on earth we shall practise in heaven;
Works done least rapidly Art most cherishes.


Old Pictures in Florence, xvii. - Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)


What's come to perfection perishes. Things learned on earth we shall practise in heaven; Works done least rapidly Art most cherishes.

What's come to perfection perishes. Things learned on earth we shall practise in heaven; Works done least rapidly Art most cherishes.

What's come to perfection perishes. Things learned on earth we shall practise in heaven; Works done least rapidly Art most cherishes.

What's come to perfection perishes. Things learned on earth we shall practise in heaven; Works done least rapidly Art most cherishes.