"A patient going to a doctor for his first visit was asked, "And whom did you consult before coming to me?"
"Only the village druggist," was the answer.
"And what sort of foolish advice did that numbskull give you?" asked the doctor, his tone and manner denoting his contempt for the advice of the layman.
"Oh," replied his patient, with no malice aforethought, "he told me to come and see you."" »Author Unknown
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"A patient man is one who can put up with himself." »Author Unknown
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"I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end." »Margaret Thatcher
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"I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it." »Edith Sitwell
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"Beware the fury of a patient man." »John Dryden
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"I am patient with stupidity, but not with those who are proud of it." »Edith Sitwell
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"Beware of the fury of the patient man." »John Dryden
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"We would never learn to be patient if there were only joy in the world." »Helen Keller
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"The fates have given mankind a patient soul." »Homer
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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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"There is nothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it." »Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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""Oh," replied his patient, with no malice aforethought, "he told me to come and see you."" »Author Unknown
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"A little spoon for a cup of soup teaches to be patient; and the big one, to be greedy!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"She who loves roses must be patient and not cry out when she is pierced by thorns." »Olga Brouman
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"The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease." »Voltaire
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"If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent." »Isaac Newton
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"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow." »Chinese Proverb
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"Be patient enough to live one day at a time, letting yesterday go and leaving tomorrow until it arrives." »Unknown
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"Weary the path that does not challenge. Doubt is an incentive to truth and patient inquiry leadeth the way." »Hosea Ballou
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"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers." »Charles W. Eliot
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"Think on this doctrine,--that reasoning beings were created for one another's sake that to be patient is a branch of justice, and that men sin without intending it." »Marcus Aelius Aurelius
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"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers." »Charles W. Eliot, The Happy Life, 1896
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"I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there be no redress." »Elizabeth Montagu
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"There will be a time when loud-mouthed, incompetent people seem to be getting the best of you. When that happens, you only have to be patient and wait for them to self destruct. It never fails." »Richard Rybolt
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"A lawyer is never entirely comfortable with a friendly divorce, anymore than a good mortician wants to finish his job and then have the patient sit up on the table." »Jean Kerr
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"It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace." »Andr Gide
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"A sense of duty is useful in work, but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not be endured with patient resignation." »Bertrand Russell
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"We should manage our fortunes as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity." »Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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"I wish there was a disease where you're afraid of clouds, because I think I could cure it. First, you sit the patient down and have a long personal talk. After that, I'm not sure, but maybe you could throw some water in his face or something." »Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
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"I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet." »Jesse Louis Jackson
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