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Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a ma

Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request. – Lord Chesterfield

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Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked. – Lord Chesterfield

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Learning
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Lord Chesterfield
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To this principle of vanity, which philosophers call a mean one, and which I do not, I owe a great part of the figure which I have made in life. – Lord Chesterfield

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Vanity
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Lord Chesterfield
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Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded. – Lord Chesterfield

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Truth
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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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Ive worked so hard to eliminate the inner geek from my life. I suddenly realize I have no patience for those people who still have their geeks showing. Now I see why being normal has been so important to me. – Kenny Loggins

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Im extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end. – Margaret Thatcher

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Patience

Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill. – Gail Simmons

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