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I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.
I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
They also serve who only stand and wait.
They also serve who only stand and wait.
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.]
Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.
Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.
Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely
dread.
[Lat., Graviora quae patiantur videntur jam read more
Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely
dread.
[Lat., Graviora quae patiantur videntur jam hominibus quam quae
metuant.]
Suicide is a permanent solution
to a temporary problem
(quoted by Judy Collins on Diane Rehm Show).
Suicide is a permanent solution
to a temporary problem
(quoted by Judy Collins on Diane Rehm Show).
They, the holy ones and weakly,
Who the cross of suffering bore,
Folded their pale hands so read more
They, the holy ones and weakly,
Who the cross of suffering bore,
Folded their pale hands so meekly,
Spake with us on earth no more!
Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you, but not in one ahead.
Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you, but not in one ahead.