let the perfect be the enemy of the good

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toinsiston the totalrealizationof a goal andrejectanycompromise, thereby decreasing the chance ofachievingeven a part of that goal.1960: Macdonald College,The Macdonald Farm Journal, volumes 21–22,page 7(R. J. Cooke)More data and more analyses will provide better information for the future, but we dare notlet “the perfect be the enemy of the good”.1973,Official journal of the European Communities, numbers165-169,page161:Of course they are far from perfect, of course we are more than ready to welcome constructive improvements to them, but I beg Parliament and also Member Governments not tolet the perfect be the enemy of the good.1978,Welfare Reform Proposals: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public Assistance of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, volume 3,United States Government Printing Office,page572:Incremental reform can move us forward and can improve the plight of the poor. I hope we do notlet “the perfect be the enemy of the good”in welfare reform.2007, Chris Brian,The Politics Show, Wales regional report:But we shouldn’tlet the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Examples:

EN: One can't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
ES: No se puede permitir que la perfección sea enemiga del bien.
EN: Bowdoin progressives, do not let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
HI: बोसा नहीं ना दीजिए दुश्नाम ही सही
EN: Do not let the perfect be the enemy of the good
HI: मोह इतना न करे कि बुराइया छुप जाए,
EN: Voltaire advised, "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good."
HI: वोल्टेयर ने लिखा, "अच्छे से दुश्मन न होने दें।
EN: 4) Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good
HI: सर्वश्रेष्ठ को उत्तम का शत्रु न बनने दें
EN: Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. ~Voltaire
HI: सर्वश्रेष्ठ को उत्तम का शत्रु न बनने दें
EN: We cannot let the perfect be the enemy of the good and realistically achievable.
HI: हम अच्छे और मुखर अल्पसंख्यक विजय का दुश्मन बन गया सही नहीं दे सकते.
EN: Voltaire wrote, "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good."
HI: वोल्टेयर ने लिखा, "अच्छे से दुश्मन न होने दें।
EN: Robin Garr wrote: "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good."
HI: वोल्टेयर ने लिखा, "अच्छे से दुश्मन न होने दें।
EN: Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good...the stack will be amazing.
HI: मत सोचो नेगेटिव. . . होगा सब अच्छा
EN: Voltaire said, "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good."
HI: वोल्टेयर ने लिखा, "अच्छे से दुश्मन न होने दें।
EN: 6 "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good"
HI: " 'ग़ालिब' बुरा न मान जो वाइ'ज़ बुरा कहे
EN: Pt 4 of 4) A popular saying in politics says, "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good."
HI: आत्म-सम्मान, विधि संख्या 4अपनी राय खुद सुधारें: सोच को स्वीकार न करेंः "पूरी तरह से बेकार।
EN: As a general principle, don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good is sound.
HI: बोसा नहीं ना दीजिए दुश्नाम ही सही
EN: Repubs don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good - Dems do.
HI: बोसा नहीं ना दीजिए दुश्नाम ही सही

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