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A quotation from Joseph Joubert

Imitate time. It destroys slowly. It undermines, wears, loosens, separates. It does not uproot.
 
[Imitez le temps: il détruit tout avec lenteur; il mine, il use, il déracine, il détache, et n’arrache pas.]

Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French moralist, philosopher, essayist, poet
Pensées [Thoughts], ch. 14 “Des Gouvernements [On Governments],” ¶ 31 (1793; 1850 ed.) [tr. Attwell (1896), ¶ 199]

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Pensées [Thoughts], ch. 14 "Des Gouvernements [On Governments]," ¶ 31 (1793; 1850 ed.) [tr. Attwell (1896), ¶ 199] - Joubert, Joseph | WIST Quotations

Imitate time. It destroys slowly. It undermines, wears, loosens, separates. It does not uproot. [Imitez le temps: il détruit tout avec lenteur; il mine, il use, il déracine, il détache, et n’arrache pas.] (Source (French)). Alternate translations: Imitate time: it destroys every thing slowly; it undermines, it wears away, it…

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