The good is the enemy of the best



The good is the enemy of the best.

Prov. Instead of making things the best that they can, people often settle for making them merely good. Mother: Aren't you going to rewrite your paper? Child: Why? It's good enough. Mother: The good is the enemy of the best.
See also: enemy, good, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Emiliae-MEEL-yah (Italian, Spanish, Polish), E-mee-lee-ah (Finnish), e-MEE-lee-ah (Swedish)Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Finnish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Midhat-Arabic
FachtnaFAKHT-naIrish, Irish Mythology
Mehtap-Turkish
PaŠKal-Croatian (Rare)
Manju-Indian, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu