Patience is a minor form of despair, disguised as virtue.

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• PATIENCE, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.
  Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's...
• MINOR, adj. Less objectionable. -- Ambrose Bierce,
  "The Devil's...
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• Perfection is a minor virtue. --
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• SYLLOGISM, n. A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent.
  (See LOGIC.) -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's...
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• PLEASURE, n. The least hateful form of dejection. -
  Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's...