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For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.
For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.
Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.
But the waiting time, my brothers,
Is the hardest time of all.
But the waiting time, my brothers,
Is the hardest time of all.
If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives.
If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives.
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 is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
[Fr., La patience est amere, mais son fruit est doux.]
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
[Fr., La patience est amere, mais son fruit est doux.]
Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.
Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.
Acquaintance without patience is like a candle with no light.
Acquaintance without patience is like a candle with no light.
