Il n’y a point de chemin trop long à qui…
Il n’y a point de chemin trop long à qui marche lentement et sans se presser: il n’y a point d’avantages trop éloignés à qui s’y prépare par la patience.
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Translation: There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honours too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.. La Bruyère, Les Caractères (1688) Des jugements, aphorism 108
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