They also serve who only stand and wait.

They also serve who only stand and wait.

Only those who have patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

Only those who have patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

You do not play then at whist, sir? Alas, what a sad old age you
are preparing for yourself!
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You do not play then at whist, sir? Alas, what a sad old age you
are preparing for yourself!
[Fr., Vous ne jouez donc pas le whist, monsieur? Helas! quelle
triste vieilesse vous vous preparez!

Rule by patience, Laughing Water!

Rule by patience, Laughing Water!

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.

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.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience means restraining one's inclinations.

Patience means restraining one's inclinations.