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title: "3 Work Centuries Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [The improvement of forest trees is the work of centuries. So much more the reason for beginning now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-perkins-marsh/the-improvement-of-forest-trees-is-the-work-of-centuries-so-much-more/)

[George Perkins Marsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-perkins-marsh/)

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> [“The institutions, conventions, customs and laws that make up the complex structure of a society are the work of a hundred centuries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-durant/the-institutions-conventions-customs-and-laws-that-make-up-the/)

[Will Durant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-durant/)

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> [Great buildings, like great mountains, are the work of centuries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/great-buildings-like-great-mountains-are-the-work-of-centuries/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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