Dejan Stojanovic (1959) poet, writer, and businessman
Imperfection http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21399/Imperfection <br class="br">From the poems written in English
“God does not intend people, and does not like people, to be too good. He likes them neither too good nor too bad, but a little too bad is more venial with him than a little too good.”
Vice and Virtue, iii
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912), Part II - Elementary Morality
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“Man, whence is he?
Too bad to be the work of a god, too good for the work of chance.”
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Der Mensch, wo ist er her?
Zu schlecht für einen Gott, zu gut fürs Ungefähr.
As quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources (1899) by James Wood, p. 61
Variant: Man — who is he? Too bad to be the work of God; Too good for the work of chance!
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