Quote by John Updike
A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other peoples patience. – John Updike

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Of plants tomatoes seemed the most human, eager and fragile and prone to rot. – John Updike

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A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world. – John Updike

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Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. – John Updike

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It is not necessary for all men to be great in action. The greatest and sublimest power is often simple patience. – Horace Bushnell

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Beware the fury of a patient man. – John Dryden, Absolam and Achitophel, 1680

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Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot. – Elihu Root

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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. – Lao Tzu

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Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life. – Jonathan Edwards

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Time will tell us what we did and didnt do. – Harvey Fierstein

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