PATIENCE in Classic Quotes - from House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

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1 Mrs. Dorset might startle or dazzle him, but she had neither the skill nor the patience to effect his capture.

House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: Chapter 3

2 Gerty knelt beside her, waiting, with the patience born of experience, till this gust of misery should loosen fresh speech.

House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: Chapter 14

3 Something in his prompt acquiescence frightened her; she felt behind it the stored force of a patience that might subdue the strongest will.

House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: Chapter 15