Nature is slow, but sure; she works no faster than need be; she is the tortoise that wins the race by her perseverance.


Journal, ed. by B. Torrey, 1837-1846, 1850-Nov. 3, 1861 (ed. 1906)

Henry David Thoreau Quotes

Nature is slow, but sure; she works no faster than need be; she is the tortoise that wins the race by her perseverance.

Nature is slow, but sure; she works no faster than need be; she is the tortoise that wins the race by her perseverance.

Nature is slow, but sure; she works no faster than need be; she is the tortoise that wins the race by her perseverance.

Nature is slow, but sure; she works no faster than need be; she is the tortoise that wins the race by her perseverance.