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Thomas Fuller

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

Patience

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People often say that being patient is a good quality, but when faced with real hardship, they find it very difficult to actually remain patient. This means that while patience is praised in theory, enduring suffering is much harder in practice.

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