Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece
Book II, ch. 18, Reported in Bartlett's Quotations (1919) as "Be not hurried away by excitement, but say, "Semblance, wait for me a little".
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“.. we were always taught, instead of waiting to be swept off our feet, to 'expect little, forgive much'.”
— Helen Fielding, book Bridget Jones's Diary
Source: Bridget Jones's Diary
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