Samuel Smiles：Thrift, Excerpt 339

"It will do!" is the common phrase of those who neglect little things. "It will do!" has blighted many a character, blasted many a fortune, sunk many a ship, burnt down many a house, and irretrievably ruined thousands of hopeful projects of human good. It always means stopping short of the right thing. It is a makeshift. It is a failure and defeat. Not what "will do," but what is the best possible thing to do,--is the point to be aimed at! Let a man once adopt the maxim of "It will do," and he is given over to the enemy,--he is on the side of incompetency and defeat,--and we give him up as a hopeless subject!

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