Quote#Time
Deeds are not accomplished in a few days, or in a few hours. A…
Quote byLouis Riel · 1844–1885
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Quoted in The Montreal Weekly Star (22 August 1885), and War in the West : Voices of the 1885 Rebellion (1985) by Rudy Henry Wiebe and Bob Beal, p. 2.
English (original)
Deeds are not accomplished in a few days, or in a few hours. A century is only a spoke in the wheel of everlasting time.
— Louis Riel
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