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He who aims at perfekshun will probably miss the mark, but he who aims at nothing, iz sure to hit it every time.
[He who aims at perfection will probably miss the mark, but he who aims at nothing, is sure to hit it every time.]
Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1876-08 (1876 ed.)
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Added on 25-Jun-26 | Last updated 25-Jun-26
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Topics: aim, aimlessness, aspiration, error, failure, fall short, focus, giving up, goal, missing, perfection, target
More quotes by Billings, Josh And what are you that, missing you,
I should be kept awake
As many nights as there are days
With weeping for your sake?
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) American poet
Poem (1921-10-31), “The Philosopher,” st. 1,
Ainslee’s Magazine, Vol. 48, No. 3
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Added on 13-Nov-25 | Last updated 13-Nov-25
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Topics: bereavement, craving, crying, grieving, longing, missing, mourning, pining, relationship, separation, sleeplessness, weeping, yearning
More quotes by Millay, Edna St. Vincent We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
Audre Lorde (1934-1992) American writer, feminist, civil rights activist
“Notes from a Trip to Russia,”
Sister Outsider (1984)
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Added on 19-Oct-20 | Last updated 19-Oct-20
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Topics: assumption, background, blindness, have, lack, missing, ownership, perspective, possession, want
More quotes by Lorde, Audre Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the day-time, and falling into at night.

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) American poet
Letter to Whitter “Hal” Bynner and Arthur Davidson Ficke (1920)
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Added on 10-Oct-17 | Last updated 10-Oct-17
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Topics: absence, alone, grief, lonely, loss, meme, missing, pining, presence
More quotes by Millay, Edna St. Vincent One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night.
Margaret Mead (1901-1978) American anthropologist
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Sometimes given "Having someone wonder where you are when you don't come home at night is a very old human need."
Added on 1-Feb-04 | Last updated 5-Jan-21
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Topics: absence, caring, companion, human nature, missing, need
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