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> [But you must be patient and careful; nor should you expect to become an accomplished archer without long and severe training.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-thompson/but-you-must-be-patient-and-careful-nor-should-you-expect-to-become/)

[Maurice Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-thompson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ca/maurice-thompson-59062_accomplished_but-you-must-be-patient-and-careful-nor_79962.jpg)

> [So long as the new moon returns in heaven a bent, beautiful bow, so long will the fascination of archery keep hold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-thompson/so-long-as-the-new-moon-returns-in-heaven-a-bent-beautiful-bow-so/)

[Maurice Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-thompson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/maurice-thompson-59062_archery_so-long-as-the-new-moon-returns-in-heave_329832.jpg)

> [There is no excellence in archery without great labour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-thompson/there-is-no-excellence-in-archery-without-great-labour/)

[Maurice Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-thompson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/maurice-thompson-59062_archery_there-is-no-excellence-in-archery-withou_1758478.jpg)

## Other authors on Archery

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-perrault-22516.jpg) Eugen Herrigel 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/archery/eugen-herrigel/)
- [Ernest Sosa 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/archery/ernest-sosa/)

## More by Maurice Thompson

> [But you must be patient and careful; nor should you expect to become an accomplished archer without long and severe training.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-thompson/but-you-must-be-patient-and-careful-nor-should-you-expect-to-become/)

[Maurice Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-thompson/)

> [So long as the new moon returns in heaven a bent, beautiful bow, so long will the fascination of archery keep hold in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-thompson/so-long-as-the-new-moon-returns-in-heaven-a-bent-beautiful-bow-so/)

[Maurice Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-thompson/)

> [There is no excellence in archery without great labour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-thompson/there-is-no-excellence-in-archery-without-great-labour/)

[Maurice Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-thompson/)

> [When Spring is old, and dewy windsBlow from the south, with odors sweet,I see my love, in shadowy groves,Speed down dark aisles on shining…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-thompson/when-spring-is-old-and-dewy-windsblow-from-the-south-with-odors-sweet/)

[Maurice Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-thompson/)

> [Up to the days of Indiana's early statehood, probably as late as 1825, there stood, in what is now the beautiful little city of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-thompson/up-to-the-days-of-indiana-s-early-statehood-probably-as-late-as-1825/)

[Maurice Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-thompson/)

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