PATIENCE, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.
Ambrose Bierce · The Devil's Dictionary
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“PATIENCE, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.”
- Author
- Ambrose Bierce
- Work
- The Devil's Dictionary
- Year
- 1911
- Chapter / part
- Entry: Patience
- Length
- 11 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #972
Public domain. This passage is in the public domain. Ambrose Bierce died in 1914, more than 70 years ago, and the work was first published in 1911. You can copy, print, read aloud or sell it without asking permission; a credit is kind but not required. The text is copied word for word from the Project Gutenberg edition linked here.
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