“The perfect is the enemy of the good.”
Quote Library
Old words. New office.
MaxEscape uses a small reviewed quote library instead of asking AI to invent an attribution. A historical quotation appears only when the connection to the workplace topic is strong.
“Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.”
“Well done is better than well said.”
“Lost time is never found again.”
“Haste makes waste.”
“Drive thy business, let not that drive thee.”
“In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first.”
“Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.”
“What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
Why not let AI find the quote?
Because a plausible attribution is not the same as a verified one. Famous people are routinely credited with lines they never wrote. MaxEscape keeps the historical library local, records a source for each entry, and labels original MaxEscape lines as original.
The library intentionally favors older authors and public-domain source material. It is not intended to be an exhaustive quotation database, and source errors can still occur. If a source looks wrong, the contact page provides a way to flag it.
How a quote is used
The quotation is context, not decoration. Perfectionism can pair naturally with Voltaire’s line about the perfect and the good. A completely unrelated historical sentence should not be placed over a workplace image merely to add authority.