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Age of Exploration1 quote
There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory. — Francis Drake · 1587Classical antiquity1 quote
Have patience, heart. Once you endured worse than this. — Homer · 700 BCNew Testament Era1 quote
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed. — Apostle Paul · 56The Renaissance1 quote
Men must endure
Their going hence even as their coming hither.
Ripeness is all. — William Shakespeare · 1606