Perseverance is the stubborn refusal to accept the world as ... - Giambattista della Porta

"Perseverance is the stubborn refusal to accept the world as it is rather than as it could be."

Giambattista della Porta Perseverance

Dramatist Scientist Polymath Italian 1535–1615

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