Quote#Time
I did at last overcome the Difficulty; but with so much Paines and…
Quote byJohn Wallis · 1616–1703
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: An Essay on the Art of Decyphering (1737).
English (original)
I did at last overcome the Difficulty; but with so much Paines and Expense of Time as I am not willing to mention; though yet I did not repent of that Labour, when I had discovered thereby, that it was a Businesse, which though with much Difficulty, was yet capable to bee effected.
— John Wallis
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