“Rien n'est plus lent que la véritable naissance d'un homme.”
Source: Memoirs of Hadrian (1951)
Marguerite Yourcenar 156
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La Ferme des animaux, 1945

“L'honnête homme est lent à la parole et prompt à l'action.”
“Tout homme qui est né a une double naissance.”
Les naufragés de l’intelligence , 2000

Thérèse Raquin

“Le plus lent à promettre est toujours le plus fidèle à tenir.”

πλοῦτον δὲ γυναικὸς αἱρεῖσθαι μὲν πρὸ ἀρετῆς ἢ γένους ἀφιλότιμον καὶ ἀνελεύθερον, ἀρετῇ δὲ καὶ γένει προσόντα φεύγειν ἀβέλτερον.
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Œuvres morales, Dialogue sur l'amour (Erotikos)