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Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. - Epictetus

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Stoic philosopher

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Erasmus Darwin, Francis Herbert Hedge , Rene Descartes, Voltaire, G E Moore

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