Quote by Lord Chesterfield
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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Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another. – Lord Chesterfield

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Fear
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In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice because I will not have anybodys torments in this world or the next laid to my charge. – Lord Chesterfield

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Religion
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Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. – Lord Chesterfield

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My mum told me to have patience. Its about realising that when things arent going the way you want them to, or you dont have inspiration, it will come. – Vanessa Paradis

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How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees? – William Shakespeare

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Patience

Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else ones patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance. The term of her probation was eight days. – Joshua Slocum

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Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul. – Francis Bacon

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