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The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection. - George Orwell (Reflections on Gandhi Quotes)

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

Source:Reflections on Gandhi (January 1949); The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell (1968), Volume IV, Page 467
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