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Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue. - Amb

Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue. – Ambrose Bierce

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Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron – namely, that he is a blockhead. – Ambrose Bierce

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power
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Ambrose Bierce
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Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. – Ambrose Bierce

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Eating
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We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world. – Helen Keller

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My relationship with the Philharmonia Orchestra brought me many times to London and I will always reflect positively on that early period of development with them – their patience, their warmth, their dedication. – Gustavo Dudamel

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It has taken a great deal of energy, which has not been so difficult to summon as the necessary patience to wait, simply wait much of the time – until my instincts assured me that I had assembled my materials in proper order for a final welding into their natural form. – Hart Crane

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Find patience in the breath of life. – Ryunosuke Satoro

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I dont need anyone to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves. – Shirley MacLaine

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Hurt a fly! He would not for the world: hes pitiful to flies even. Sing, says he, and tease me still, if thats your way, poor insect. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Books and marriage go ill together. – Moliere

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I think its great that we have organisations like Greenpeace. In a pluralistic society, we want to have people who point out all the problems that the Earth could encounter. But we need to understand that they are not presenting a full and rounded view. – Bjorn Lomborg

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