quote · Words worth keeping
Rome was not built in a day.
Rome was not built in a day.
Approximate author period: c. 1581 AD · renaissance
From the source collection
Meaning
Don't expect achievements or successes to be immediate. Even great empires like Rome took time to develop.
This explanation comes from the collection, rather than a new Edsverb interpretation. See the attribution and source notes below.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Miguel De Cervantes
Attribution: attributed - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Approximate author period: c. 1581 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint
An author lifetime, approximate period or collection date is not necessarily the date when these words were first written or spoken. - Recorded source
- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. lxxi.
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.
