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

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

Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.

Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.

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.

But there are times when patience proves at fault.

But there are times when patience proves at fault.

Every one ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.
[Lat., Sua quisque exempla debet aequo animo read more

Every one ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.
[Lat., Sua quisque exempla debet aequo animo pati.]

How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

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

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

Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.

Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.

Acquaintance without patience is like a candle with no light.

Acquaintance without patience is like a candle with no light.