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Quote by Thomas Aquinas
To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfecti

To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin. – Thomas Aquinas

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Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church. – Thomas Aquinas

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Thomas Aquinas
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The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing. – Thomas Aquinas

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The lord is wonderfully good to those who wait for him and seek him.
N.B.: From this quote is derived the proverb, Good things come to those who wait. – Bible

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Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait…The truth is, there are only two things in life, reasons and results, and reasons simply dont count. – Robert Anthony

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I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it. – Edith Sitwell

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As for goals, I dont set myself those anymore. Im not one of these I must have achieved this and that by next year kind of writers. I take things as they come and find that patience and persistence tend to win out in the end. – Paul Kane

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