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Gertrude Stein

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that I who am not patient am patient.

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Gertrude Stein is pointing out a paradox where patience cannot exceed its own nature, meaning it is always simply patient and nothing more. She also admits that even when she feels impatient, there is still an element of patience within her, showing a complex and contradictory relationship with the idea.

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