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Patience, if it were our sovereign lady's will, we would be as tall as you; well, we shall when she pleases.

— François Rabelais Gargantua and Pantagruel (1532)

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Source: Chapter 19 : How we arrived at the queendom of Whims or Entelechy
Work: Gargantua and Pantagruel, 1532
Source quality: Precise citation Points to a specific work with a page, chapter, date or similar locator, so you can look it up.

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