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Thucydides: Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by…

Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.

In today’s wordsFew things succeed through impulsive desire, but most through calm, careful forethought.

ThucydidesCommonly attributed
Source
From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

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