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

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

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Impartial. Unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy. – Ambrose Bierce

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