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Rule by patience, Laughing Water!
Rule by patience, Laughing Water!
Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.
Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.
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?
Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.
Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
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.
But there are times when patience proves at fault.
But there are times when patience proves at fault.
Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.
Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.
Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.
Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.
