Patience is eternal genius Autor: Michelangelo Buonarroti Copy Quote More from Michelangelo Buonarroti “Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.” “As when, O lady mine,With chiselled touchThe stone unhewn and coldBecomes a liv…” “It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for th…” “With few words I shall make thee understand my soul.”