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May 4, 2012

Practice Makes Perfect

Andree Seu, World Magazine

I don’t know where the expression “practice makes perfect” derives from, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it were the Bible. The Bible has a lot to say about practicing righteousness, and a lot about aiming for perfection.

In the mid-1500s, the expression was found in the form “Use makes perfect” (Latin: Usos promptos facit). That reminds me of a passage in Hebrews:

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