The never ending build

Rome wasn’t built in a day… when a task is too big to be accomplished quickly people use the saying. Why Rome? and why is it a French Proverb? Why not Paris at least it’s in France. I had never given it much thought as to the origin or meaning until my husband threw the saying at me when I asked him how much longer it was going to take to finish the aviary. My first thought was I hoped he wasn…