"Everything comes in time to those who can wait."

Patience

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This quotation examines the core nature of Patience as articulated by Francois Rabelais. Within historical and literary traditions, reflections on Patience provide actionable mental models, challenging individuals to evaluate personal ethics, self-discipline, and daily actions.

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About Francois Rabelais

François Rabelais was a French writer who has been called the first great French prose author. A humanist of the French Renaissance and Greek scholar, he attracted opposition from both Protestant theologian John Calvin and from the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. Though in his day he was best known as a physician, scholar, diplomat, and Catholic priest, later he became better known as a satirist for his depictions of the grotesque, and for his larger-than-life characters.

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"I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him."

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"How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?"

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