"Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius."
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As quoted in New Cyclopædia of Illustrations (1870) by Elon Foster, p. 492
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (7 September 1707 – 16 April 1788) was a French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopedic author.
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