Rome is not that important now as London or Berlin, Moscow or Washington. But it was when the Roman civilization flourished before the dawn of Christianity. The Romans, in their hey days, had built a vast empire which spread from Britain in the west to the heart of Asia in the East. But this greatest empire of the ancient world was not the work of a day or even a year or a couple of years. The history of the rise of Rome is the history of slow and steady development of a small city into a mighty empire. Hence the proverb reminds us that no great deed was ever done quickly or in a haphazard fashion. Not only Rome, anything solid and substantial can not be done in a day or two, or in a month or two. Time, energy, sacrifice, perseverance are all needed before we make a thing real. We must not feel discouraged if our efforts are not immediately crowned with success; we should go on toiling with patience. Progress in not sudden like a volcanic eruption, nor success the outcome of the sweep of a magic wand. The perseverance of Tenzing Norgay enabled him to ascend the Everest, Columbus after years of strenuous planning and toil, had established a sea-route. Now a days we all except quick results and follow short cuts. We forget that there is no substitute for hard work and no short cut to success. But every great deeds are due to the devoted and single minded effort spread over years and decades during which success and failure, hope and despair and security and risk alternated. So to be successful one has to go through mill with patience and steadfast resolution without grumbling at set backs. So, Allahadin’s magic lamp might have put up a palace overnight but human hands could not build Rome in a day.