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They also serve who only stand and wait.
They also serve who only stand and wait.
Patience is sorrow's salve.
Patience is sorrow's salve.
For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.
For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.
Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.
Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.
Thus with hir fader for a certeyn space
Dwelleth this flour of wyfly pacience,
That neither by read more
Thus with hir fader for a certeyn space
Dwelleth this flour of wyfly pacience,
That neither by hir wordes ne his face
Biforn the fold, ne eek in her absence,
Ne shewed she that hir was doon offence.
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
He that can have Patience, can have what he will
He that can have Patience, can have what he will
The Lord is good unto them who wait for him, to the soul that
seeketh him.
The Lord is good unto them who wait for him, to the soul that
seeketh him.
Patience and shuffle the cards.
[Sp., Paciencia y barajar.]
Patience and shuffle the cards.
[Sp., Paciencia y barajar.]