So much easier is it to do many things than to do one thing for a long time continuously.

Adeo facilius est multa facere quam diu.

Original text (Latin)

Notes from Wikiquote

Book I, Chapter XII, 7; translation by H. E. Butler

In Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)

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