Quote#Wisdom
Unseen hands delay
Quote byRobert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton · 1831–1891
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Chronicles and Characters (1868), Vol. ii, Book viii: From 1525 to 1789, "Thomas Müntzer to Martin Luther", p. 149..
English (original)
Unseen hands delay The coming of what seems close in ken, And, contrary, the moment when we say "'Twill never come!" comes on us even then.
— Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
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