We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when
the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.
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What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when
the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.
[Lat., Leniter ex merito quidquid patiare ferendum est,
Quae venit indigne poena dolenda venit.]

Patience is sorrow's salve.

Patience is sorrow's salve.

By time and toil we sever
What strength and rage could never.
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By time and toil we sever
What strength and rage could never.
[Fr., Patience et longueur de temps.
Font plus que force ni que rage.]

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.

Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.

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.]

It is hard! But what can not be removed, becomes lighter through
patience.
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It is hard! But what can not be removed, becomes lighter through
patience.
[Lat., Durum! sed levius fir patientia
Quicquid corrigere est nefas.]

Acquaintance without patience is like a candle with no light.

Acquaintance without patience is like a candle with no light.