"Patience and time do more than strength or passion."
"Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil's done. [Fr., Nous n'ecoutons d'instincts que ceux qui sont les notres. Et ne croyons le mal que quand il est venu.]"
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Source: Jean de La Fontaine (1964). “The fables of La Fontaine”
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