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Philip Massinger

Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.

Patience

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The quote means that patience, which is often seen as a virtue only available to those with nothing else, will not be accepted or welcomed in this situation. It suggests that waiting calmly or enduring hardship quietly is useless here because action or urgency is required instead.

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