“All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.”
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) French writer and dramatist, father of the homonym writer and dramatist
“Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,-Wait and hope.”
Source: The Count of Monte Cristo
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“All human wisdom is contained in these words: Wait and hope!”
Alexandre Dumas book The Count of Monte Cristo
Also: Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,— "Wait and hope". <br class="br"> Chapter 117 http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo/Chapter_117 <br class="br">Variant: All human wisdom is contained in these two words - Wait and Hope <br class="br">Source: The Count of Monte Cristo (1845–1846)
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J. G. Ballard (1930–2009) British writer
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[Brook, Peter, On Directing, 1999, Faber and Faber ltd, London, England, English, 0-571-19149-5, ix (Foreword)]
“The history of failure in war can almost be summed up in two words: 'Too late.'”
Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964) U.S. Army general of the army, field marshal of the Army of the Philippines
Too late in comprehending the deadly purpose of a potential enemy; too late in realizing the mortal danger; too late in preparedness; too late in uniting all possible forces for resistance, too late in standing with one's friends. Victory in war results from no mysterious alchemy or wizardry but depends entirely upon the concentration of superior force at the critical points of combat.
Statement MacArthur made in 1940, as quoted by James B. Reston in Prelude to Victory (1942), p. 64
1940s
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