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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

8940 Epitetus AD 50- 138 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8940
AUTHOR:Epictetus (A.D. c. 50–c. 138)
QUOTATION:No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
ATTRIBUTION:Discourses. Chap. xv.