“Man is never perfect, nor contended.”
“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.”
“I still contend that Shakespeare is a dirty old man.”
“...we find only one tool, neither created nor invented, but perfect: the hand of man.”
“Those who defend traditional morality will sometimes admit that it is not perfect, but contend that any criticism will make all morality crumble.”
“There was never any more inception than there is now,Nor any more youth or age than there is now;And will never be any more perfection than there is now,Nor any more heaven or hell than there is now.”