Rome wasn’t built in a day

• The everyday expression ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day’ means it takes time to develop a great work.

Origin

• It is a quote in French from a cleric in 1190 CE, at the Court of the Count of Flanders, Phillippe of Alsace.
• It was then published in 1895 by Adolf Tobler, as part of a collection of French Medieval poems.

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