<P> Dans ses écrits, un sage Italien Dit que le mieux est l'ennemi du bien . (In his writings, a wise Italian says that the better is the enemy of good .) </P> <P> This sentiment in English literature can be traced back to Shakespeare, In his tragedy, King Lear, the Duke of Albany warns of "striving to better, oft we mar what's well" and in Sonnet 103: </P> <P> Were it not sinful then, striving to mend, To mar the subject that before was well? </P> <P> A widely accepted interpretation of "The perfect is the enemy of the good" is that one might never complete a task if one has decided not to stop until it is perfect: completing the project well is made impossible by striving to complete it perfectly . Closely related is the Nirvana fallacy, in which people never even begin an important task because they feel reaching perfection is too hard . </P>

Never let perfection be the enemy of good enough