“The truth can wait, for she lives a long life.”

Die Wahrheit kann warten: denn sie hat ein langes Leben vor sich.
Willen in der Natur (On the Will in Nature), 1836; in the chapter Einleitung (Introduction)
Variant translation by Karl Hillebrand:
Truth can bide its time, for it has a long life before it.
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Die Wahrheit kann warten: denn sie hat ein langes Leben vor sich.

Willen in der Natur, Einleitung
Ueber den Willen in der Natur

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