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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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An account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. – Ambrose Bierce

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Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others. – Ambrose Bierce

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Honestly, I didnt have the patience for biology or history in an academic sense, but I always liked the kind of big questions. – Andrew Bird

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Is the patience of the American people that long suffering? Is there no outrage left in the country? – Andrew Greeley

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Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and its cowardice. – George Jackson

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I have not the smarts or patience for political office. – Henry Rollins

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There is no greater loan than a sympathetic ear. – Frank Tyger

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I am ready to accept all accusations, allegations, anger – but I have to succeed. – Boris Trajkovski

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Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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