"patience is a virtue" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [English]

Head templates: {{en-proverb}} patience is a virtue
  1. It is better to be patient than impatient. Synonyms: good things come to those who wait Related terms: haste makes waste Translations (it is better to be patient than impatient): 忍耐是一種美德 /忍耐是一种美德 (rěnnài shì yī zhǒng měidé) (Chinese Mandarin), 欲速則不達 /欲速则不达 (yù sù zé bù dá) (Chinese Mandarin), 慢工出細活 /慢工出细活 (màngōng chū xìhuó) (Chinese Mandarin), tålmodighed er en dyd (Danish), Geduld is een schone zaak (Dutch), kärsivällisyys on hyve (Finnish), maltti on valttia (Finnish), Geduld ist eine Tugend (German), a türelem rózsát terem (Hungarian), dare tempo al tempo (Italian), la pazienza è la virtù dei forti (Italian), il-paċenzja hija virtù (Maltese), tålmodighet er en dyd (Norwegian Bokmål), a paciência é uma virtude (Portuguese), la paciencia es una virtud (Spanish), la paciencia es la madre de la ciencia (Spanish), tålamod är en dygd (Swedish), amynedd yw mam pob doethineb (Welsh), sùúrù lérè (Yoruba)
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