In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

Le succes de la plupart des choses depend de bien savoir combien il faut de temps pour reussir.

Montesquieu

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Success Persistence

Author

Montesquieu

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1755 1750s 18th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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France Europe

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Citation

Montesquieu. Pensees et fragments inedits De Montesquieu [Thoughts and Unpublished Fragments of Montesquieu]. G. Gounouilhou, 1901.

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I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

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Topic
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Author

Ernest Renan
Source
What is a Nation?
Medium
Lecture
Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Renan, Ernest. "Qu’est-ce qu’une nation? [What is a Nation?]" 11 Mar. 1882, University of Sorbonne, Paris, France, pt. 3.

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