perfection is the enemy of good
Synonym of perfect is the enemy of good.
noun
The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.
near-perfection
total perfection
A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.
No tongue can her perfections tell
The process or act of establishing official recognition for a legal claim, generally in the context of security interests.
verb
To perfect.
My plan, gentlemen, is to be conſider'd as a ſuperſtructure on that admirable foundation laid by the modern profeſſor of Engliſh, both our labours tending to the ſame general end; the perfectioning of our countrymen in a moſt eſſential article, the right uſe of their native language.
Sooner I'd kneel unto the modern nine / Alike perfectioned, though a virgin's name / They cannot boast[…]