Nothing is stronger than patience and time. They do it all.

What it means

General Kutuzov says this while others push him to attack Napoleon. The Russian calls patience and time his two warriors. Some battles are won by waiting and enduring.

The source

"Nothing is stronger than patience and time. They do it all." Leo Tolstoy said it in War and Peace, Vol. 3, Part 2, ch. 16 (Maude Book 10, ch. 16). Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude, 1922.

"there is nothing stronger than those two: patience and time, they will do it all."

Louise and Aylmer Maude, 1922, War and Peace, Vol. 3, Part 2, ch. 16 (Maude Book 10, ch. 16). Text read at gutenberg.org.

Who said it

Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910). Russian novelist who wrote War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1878), then spent his later life on questions of faith and simple living.

Questions

What does "Nothing is stronger than patience and time. They do it all." mean?

General Kutuzov says this while others push him to attack Napoleon. The Russian calls patience and time his two warriors. Some battles are won by waiting and enduring.

Who said "Nothing is stronger than patience and time. They do it all."?

Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910). Source: War and Peace, Vol. 3, Part 2, ch. 16 (Maude Book 10, ch. 16).

What is the original wording?

there is nothing stronger than those two: patience and time, they will do it all (Louise and Aylmer Maude, 1922). Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude, 1922.

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