“Your patience may have long to wait,
Whether in little things or great,
But all good luck, you soon will learn,
Must come to those who nobly earn.
Who hunts the hay-field over
Will find the four-leaved clover.”
"Perseverance" in St. Nicholas Magazine, Vol. X. (September 1883), p. 840
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American novelist, short story writer and poet 1849–1909Related quotes

“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”

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Vol. I, Letter 1
Letters That Have Helped Me (1891)

Original: Durante i giorni della tua vita, una delle risorse più importanti che devi imparare a controllare è la pazienza. Chi riesce a dominare la calma, vive in armonia con il mondo intero.
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Source: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 223