WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/74496/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Ambrose Bierce</b></a></p><blockquote>PATIENCE, <i>n.</i> A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.</blockquote><p><b>Ambrose Bierce</b> (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist<br>“Patience,” <i>The Devil’s Dictionary</i> (1911)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/74496/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/bierce-ambrose/74496…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=abiding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abiding</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=composure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>composure</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=despair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>despair</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=forbearance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forbearance</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=fortitude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fortitude</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=patience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patience</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=perseverance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>perseverance</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=selfrestraint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfrestraint</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=waiting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waiting</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=hopelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hopelessness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=despondency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>despondency</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=givingup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>givingup</span></a></p>