Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

Corrupted from the actual quote of:
“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.”
from John Quincy Adams’ Oration at Plymouth.

-John Quincy Adams in what appears to be a quasi-apocryphal quote cited in dozens of self-help books since 1996.

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I don’t think we can say should about things that happen in war. It just happens and we should live with it.

-Julian Fellowes in episode 2.6 of Downton Abbey, by the character of Lady Mary Crawley as played by Michelle Dockery.

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