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Classical antiquity4 quotes
Remember that you ought to behave in life as you should at a banquet. As something is being passed around it comes to you; stretch out your hand, take a portion of it politely. It passes on; do not detain it. Or it has not come to you yet; do not project your desire to meet it, but wait until it comes in front of you. So act toward children, so toward a wife, so toward office, so toward wealth. — Epictetus · 125Wait for the wisest of all counsellors, Time. — Pericles · 100The fates have given mankind a patient soul. — Homer · 700 BCHave patience, heart. Once you endured worse than this. — Homer · 700 BCThe Renaissance4 quotes
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees? — William Shakespeare · 1604Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast. — William Shakespeare · 1597Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. — William Shakespeare · 1599Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper
Sprinkle cool patience! — William Shakespeare · 1616Ancient World3 quotes
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCNature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCDo you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? — Lao Tzu · 400 BC