"Patience and time do more than strength or passion."
"Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways. [Fr., Coups de fourches ni d'etriveres, Ne lui font changer de manieres.]"
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Source: Fables (Book II). Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1668-1694.
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