Time is still the best critic, and patience the best teacher.
In plain words
Time shows you what's good. Patience is what teaches you.
Where these words come from
- 55% sureLots of sources credit Frédéric Chopin with this, and they agree with each other. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
- Recalled by Chopin's piano pupils, compiled in Chopin: Pianist and Teacher as Seen by His Pupils.
- Chopin: Pianist and Teacher as Seen by His Pupils
- 1840s · Paris, France · recalled by his piano students describing his teaching
