Quotation by

James Agate

New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.

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The author plans to be more patient with foolish people but only if it doesn’t lead to spending extra time dealing with them. Essentially, he values his time highly and won’t sacrifice it just to be more tolerant.

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