
ProverbPerseverance
English origin
There needs a long time to know the world's pulse.
Meaning: Understanding society's true nature requires patient, sustained observation rather than hasty judgment.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
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