“The trouble with liberal democracy is that it takes a long time to mature.”
Mulk Raj Anand book The Private Life of an Indian Prince
The Private Life of an Indian Prince (1969)
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Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“The trouble with liberal democracy is that it takes a long time to mature.”
Mulk Raj Anand book The Private Life of an Indian Prince
The Private Life of an Indian Prince (1969)
“It is time which imparts strength to all things and brings them to maturity.”
Hippocrates (-460–-370 BC) ancient Greek physician
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The Law
“It takes a long time for an idea to strike.”
Edward Hopper (1882–1967) prominent American realist painter and printmaker
quoted by Sheena Wagstaff 'Edward Hopper', Tate Publishing (2004)
1941 - 1967
Andy Andrews (1959) author and corporate speaker
Source: The Noticer: Sometimes, All a Person Needs Is a Little Perspective
“It takes a very long time to become young.”
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer
On met très longtemps à devenir jeune. <br class="br">As quoted by Jean Cocteau The Hand of a Stranger (Journal d'un Inconnu). Horizon Press. 1959 [1953]. http://books.google.com/books?id=HxBJAQAAIAAJ <br class="br">1950s
“It takes a long time to learn to live — by the time you learn your time is gone.”
Paul R. Halmos (1916–2006) American mathematician
Source: I Want to be a Mathematician: An Automathography (1985)
“Only it takes time to be happy. A lot of time. Happiness, too, is a long patience.”
Albert Camus book A Happy Death
Seulement, il faut du temps pour être heureux. Beaucoup de temps. Le bonheur lui aussi est une longue patience.
A Happy Death (1971)
Gérard de Nerval (1808–1855) French Romantic poet
Quoted from Hinduism Today : Pagan Power in Modern Europe https://web.archive.org/web/20080407092807/https://www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/1999/7/1999-7-07.shtml By Hughes Henry, Belgium, July 1999
Jaime Pressly (1977) American actress, model, producer
Jaime Pressly Opens Up About Her Divorce And Memoir
“Wrong takes an awful long time to be proven, in my experience.”
Gregory Maguire book Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Source: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West