The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience. — Leo Tolstoy · Smartyfair

The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.

Leo Tolstoy1828–1910 · writer · 1800s-1900s RussiaLeo Tolstoy was a Russian novelist widely considered one of the greatest writers in history, best known for his epic novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina.4 quotes

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Time and patience beat almost anything.

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What turned up: War and Peace (1865-1869).
Sources checked: en.wikiquote.orgChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 20 August 2026Wikiquote sourced section, War and Peace
gutenberg.orgChecked using claude-fable-5, 21 August 2026War and Peace, Maude translation on Project Gutenberg: Kutuzov — 'there is nothing stronger than those two: patience and time'; our text follows the Garnett rendering

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