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Perfection is a costly flower and is cultured only by an uncompromising, strict husbandry.

— Burton Rascoe Introduction to Chivalry (1921)

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Source: Introduction to Chivalry (1921) by James Branch Cabell, later published in Prometheans : Ancient and Modern (1933), p. 279
Work: Introduction to Chivalry, 1921
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