"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

Nothing, Perfection

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"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

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