There is nothing in the world which does not have its decisive moment, and the masterpiece of good management is to recognize and grasp this moment.

Il n'yu a rien dans le mond qui n'ait son moment decisif, et le chef-d'oeuvre de la bonne conduite est de connaître et de prendre ce moment.

Jean-Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz

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Leadership Management Timing

Author

Jean-Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

French

Time

1717 1710s 18th century

Occupation

Writer

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France Europe

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Citation

De Gondi, Jean-Francois Paul. Memoires. 1717, bk. 2.

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It may be said likewise in respect of perfect wisdom, which is no less orderly than mathematics, that if there were not the best among all possible worlds, God would not have produced any.

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Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm. Theodicy: Essays on the Goodness of God and Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil. 1710, pt. 1.

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The Poetics of Space
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Time
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Bachelard, Gaston. La Poetique de l'Espace [The Poetics of Space]. Presses Universitaires de France, 1948, ch. 1.

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Bachelard, Gaston. The Poetics of Space, translated by Maria Jolas. Penguin Classics, 2014, ch. 1.