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True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another, and the motive which impels themthe desire to do rightis precisely the same.

—Bertrand Russell

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Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper sprinkle cool patience.

—William Shakespeare

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Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

—William Shakespeare

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Patience is sottish, and impatience does become a dog that's mad.

—William Shakespeare

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I do oppose my patience to his fury, and am arm'd to suffer with a quietness of spirit, the very tyranny and rage of his.

—William Shakespeare

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

—William Shakespeare

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Had it pleas'd heaven to try me with affliction... I should have found in some place of my soul a drop of patience.

—William Shakespeare

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A very little thief of occasion will rob you of a great deal of patience.

—William Shakespeare

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A high hope for a low heaven: God grant us patience!

—William Shakespeare

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Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.

—Victor Hugo

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Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

—Titus Maccius Plautus

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You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.

—Stanislaw J. Lec

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Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew.

—Francis de Sales

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There will be a time when loud-mouthed, incompetent people seem to be getting the best of you. When that happens, you only have to be patient and wait for them to self destruct. It never fails.

—Richard Rybolt

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Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.

—Leonardo da Vinci

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