Leadership and Business Wisdom - Pursuing Perfection.

Byline: S. Kamal Hayder Kazmi

"The Gods can see them."

The greatest sculptor of ancient Greece, Phidias, around 440 bc made the statues that to this day, 2,400 years later, still stand on the roof of the Parthenon in Athens. When Phidias submitted his bill, the city accountant of Athens refused to pay it. "These statues stand on the roof of the temple, and on the highest hill in Athens. Nobody can see anything but their fronts. Yet, you have charged us for sculpturing them in the round, that is, for doing their backsides, which nobody can see." "You are wrong," Phidias retorted. "The Gods can see them."

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