“Diligence is the mother of good fortune.”
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 43.
“It is a common proverb, beauteous princess, that diligence is the mother of good fortune.”
Variant: Diligence is the mother of good fortune
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book IV, Ch. 19.
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