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1 Patience is a virtue
Общая лексика: Терпение - добродетель -
2 Patience is a minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.
<01> Терпение – это малая форма отчаяния, замаскированная под добродетель. Bierce (Биарс).Англо-русский словарь цитат, пословиц, поговорок и идиом > Patience is a minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.
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3 haste makes waste
посл.≈ поспешишь - людей насмешишь (ср. что скоро, то не споро)Haste makes waste, Purvis. Haste makes waste. If I've told you that once, I must have told you that a hundred times. Haste makes waste. (J. Heller, ‘Catch-22’, ch. XXIV) — Поспешишь - людей насмешишь, Пурвис. я уже говорил тебе это и буду твердить тысячу раз: поспешишь - людей насмешишь.
In peacetime, patience is a requirement as well as a virtue in a civil servant who knows that haste makes waste and waste makes you liable to Congressional investigation; whereas, in wartime, impatience is essential. (R. E. Sherwood, ‘Roosevelt and Hopkins’, ch. VII) — В мирное время терпение является необходимым качеством, а также добродетелью гражданского чиновника, знающего, что излишняя торопливость связана с материальными потерями, а потери могут побудить Конгресс к расследованию вашей деятельности. Между тем в военное время умение действовать быстро - качество чрезвычайно важное.
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patience is a virtue — Cf. Disticha Catonis I. xxxviii. maxima enim..patientia virtus, patience is the greatest virtue; mid 14th cent. Fr. patience est une grant vertu, patience is a great virtue. 1377 LANGLAND Piers Plowman B. xi. 370 Suffraunce [forbearance] is a… … Proverbs new dictionary
virtue — n. 1 moral excellence; uprightness, goodness. 2 a particular form of this (patience is a virtue). 3 chastity, esp. of a woman. 4 a good quality (has the virtue of being adjustable). 5 efficacy; inherent power (no virtue in such drugs). 6 an… … Useful english dictionary
virtue — see virtue is its own reward patience is a virtue … Proverbs new dictionary
patience — see patience is a virtue … Proverbs new dictionary
Virtue — (Latin virtus ; Greek Polytonic|ἀρετή) is moral excellence. Personal virtues are characteristics valued as promoting individual and collective well being, and thus good by definition. The opposite of virtue is vice.Etymologically the word virtue… … Wikipedia
Patience — (ˈpā shənz) is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances. This can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation without becoming annoyed or upset; or exhibiting forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer… … Wikipedia
Virtue — • According to its etymology the word virtue (Latin virtus) signifies manliness or courage Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Virtue Virtue … Catholic encyclopedia
patience — patience, long suffering, longanimity, forbearance, resignation can all mean the power to endure or a capacity for enduring without complaint something which is disagreeable or requires effort. Patience stresses calmness or composure, not only… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
patience — (n.) c.1200, quality of being patient in suffering, from O.Fr. pacience, from L. patientia patience, endurance, from patientem (nom. patiens), prp. of pati to suffer, endure, from PIE root *pei to damage, injure, hurt (see PASSION (Cf. passion)) … Etymology dictionary
patience — 1. patience [ pasjɑ̃s ] n. f. • pacience 1120; lat. patientia, de pati « souffrir » I ♦ 1 ♦ Vertu qui consiste à supporter les désagréments, les malheurs. ⇒ résignation, sang froid. Prendre patience. Souffrir avec patience. ⇒ endurer, 1.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Patience — (ca. 1375) Patience is one of four major narrative poems preserved in a single manuscript (British Museum Cotton Nero A.x ) by the late 14th century author known as the “Gawain poet” or the “Pearl poet.” Like the other poems in the manuscript… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
