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perseverence
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Hasten slowly, and without losing heart,
Put your work twenty times upon the anvil.
[Hâtez-vous lentement ; et, sans perdre courage,
Vingt fois sur le métier remettez votre ouvrage.]
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636-1711) French poet and critic
The Art of Poetry [L’Art Poétique], Canto 1, l. 171 (1674)
Added on 11-May-16 | Last updated 11-May-16
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Topics: courage, creativity, editing, endurance, long haul, meme, patience, perfection, perseverence, revision, rework, writing
More quotes by Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas Little by little does the trick.
Aesop (620?-560? BC) Legendary Greek storyteller
Fables [Aesopica], “The Crow and the Pitcher” (6th C BC) [tr. Jacobs (1894)]
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Alternate translation: "Skill and Patience will succeed where Force fails" [tr.
James (1848)]
Added on 26-Aug-15 | Last updated 16-Sep-21
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Topics: incremental, patience, perseverence, stick to it
More quotes by Aesop ‘Tis a lesson you should heed,
Try, try again;
If at first you don’t succeed,
Try, try again.
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T. H. Palmer, “Try, Try Again,”
The Teacher’s Manual (1840)
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Sometimes attributed to Charles Theodore Hart Palmer (1827-1897), but the book is clearly by Thomas H. Palmer, and was published in 1840 when Charles T. H. Palmer was 13 years old.
Added on 25-Nov-14 | Last updated 25-Nov-14
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Topics: courage, failure, perseverence, retry, stick to it, stubborn, succeed, success, try
More quotes by ~Other The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page.
Anne Enright (b. 1962) Irish writer
In “Ten Rules for Writing Fiction,”
The Guardian (20 Feb 2010)
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Added on 12-Jun-14 | Last updated 12-Jun-14
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Topics: perseverence, writing
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