APAD: Patience is a virtue.

Meaning:

To be able to wait for something without becoming frustrated is a valuable

character trait.

 

Background:

It is similar to the Latin expression, maxima enim, patientia virtus (patience

is the greatest virtue).

 

... Around the same time or shortly after Piers Plowman, Chaucer wrote in The

Canterbury Tales that "Patience is a high virtue... but virtue can hurt you."

(The Franklin's Tale)

 

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I have observed patience and time, the greatest warriors, at work in some

sports, e.g., distance running, weight-lifting, and jiu-jitsu. Those who don't

try to outsmart time and simply put in the work day in and day out make progress

before they know it. Those who set off in a hurry and couldn't wait to get ahead

end up learning the truth or quitting in injury.

 

"Virtue can hurt you" sounds also true, especially when timing is a decisive

factor in the outcome. While waiting, one needs to keep alert, bright-eyed and

bushy-tailed.

 

所有跟帖： 

• Patience is what I need：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 09:21:10

• Me2 :-) -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 09:25:58

• Good things come to those who wait -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 09:27:15

• "I've waited, but how long can you and old Jack boy wait?" -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 09:35:33

• - Dr. Hannibal Lecter, The Silence of the Lambs. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 09:36:28

• 我怎么觉得你的patience真是数一数二了：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 09:37:01

• Thank you but you should see me clearing a clogged drain :-) -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 09:42:44

• It took me no time to understand y patient is called patient -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 09:22:16

• at my first visit of the doctor's clinic -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 09:23:18

• Trying not to get sick, I prefer the Canadian HealthCare. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 09:30:32

• Thanks for “bright eyed and bushy tailed“! -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 09:32:44

• Like a squirrel :-) -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 09:34:38

• Virtue can hurt you! Very true too! -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 09:33:49

• 恒久忍耐，又有恩慈。想起一首歌～～ -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 10:08:30

• The song of Job? :-) -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 10:47:43

• 是一首经典歌曲： -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (214 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 12:28:59

• "As a species, human beings define their reality through -7grizzly- ♂ (63 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 13:34:15

• 凡事都有定期。生有时，死有时。哭有时，笑有时； 哀恸有时，跳舞有时。受苦有时，享受平安喜乐也有时。 -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (167 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 17:16:35

• "but virtue can hurt you", so we need a balance? -CBA7- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 10:09:15

• Avoiding pain is not always the point. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 10:48:09

• so 2 timepoints, before point 1, is hurry, between 2 points- -moonlight7- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 10:43:46

• is patience, after point 2 is missing ~~ -moonlight7- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 10:45:02

• Patient in the bigger scale of things. Sounds right. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 10:49:38

• Just came back from Costco, waited long time in line ... -最西边的岛上- ♀ (86 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 13:18:37

• Thank you! I'd bring Dickens with me :-) -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 13:31:37

• Just in time! Yay! -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 17:19:16

• 一切忍耐，一切宽恕！ -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 20:55:11

• Never send a human to do a machine's job. -Agent Smith :-) -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/23/2024 postreply 21:05:36