b.     Ca. 1880 Count Tolstoi.   

Quote

"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."

Note

"In that brief glance Vronsky had time to notice the restrained animation that played over her face and fluttered between her shining eyes and the barely noticeable smile that curved her red lips. It was as if her nature were so brimming over with something that against her will expressed itself now in the flash of her eyes, and now in her smile. Deliberately she shrouded the light in her eyes, but it shone against her will in the faintly perceptible smile."

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