Series VI · Card 17 of 21 · THE COUNTING HOUSE
Patience and length of time achieve more than strength or rage.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE · FABLES · 1668
Original (French)
Patience et longueur de temps / Font plus que force ni que rage.Translation: Benedikt Stafflinger
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Source
“Fables”, book II, fable 11 “Le Lion et le Rat” (1668), closing lines
About the author
French poet (1621–1695). His fables, often after Aesop, turn animals into wise teachers and are among the most widely read works of French literature.
The question on the back
How often does patience get you what pressure couldn’t?