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Hello hungi_moncsi!
Can I ask you a bridge for evaluation, please?

CC: hungi_moncsi

It's a William Shakespeare quote (King Lear): "Striving to better, oft we mar what’s well."

Sorry I don't know the old English. What does "oft we mar" mean?

Lilly, help me please.

CC: lilian canale

'oft' = often
'to mar' = to spoil, to waste

useful high quality free dictionary: Merriam-Webster
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mar

This sounds a lot like a more modern expression: The better is the enemy of the good: Instead of being able to be content with what is good, we always want that which is even better.

Thank you so much, dear Lein.