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Acquaintance without patience is like a candle with no light.
Acquaintance without patience is like a candle with no light.
I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.
I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.
He that can have Patience, can have what he will
He that can have Patience, can have what he will
Patience is a minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.
Patience is a minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.
Consider the hour-glass; there is nothing to be accomplished by rattling or shaking; you have to wait patiently until the read more
Consider the hour-glass; there is nothing to be accomplished by rattling or shaking; you have to wait patiently until the sand, grain by grain, has run from one funnel into the other.
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
Have patience and endure; this unhappiness will one day be
beneficial.
[Lat., Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi read more
Have patience and endure; this unhappiness will one day be
beneficial.
[Lat., Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim.]
Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry.
Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry.
Every one ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.
[Lat., Sua quisque exempla debet aequo animo read more
Every one ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.
[Lat., Sua quisque exempla debet aequo animo pati.]