"good things come to those who wait" meaning in English

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        "A patient seeker will be satisfied in due time."
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          "word": "all things in time"
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          "word": "a penny saved is a penny earned"
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          "word": "April showers bring May flowers"
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          "word": "patience is a virtue"
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          "roman": "hǎoshìduōmó",
          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
          "word": "好事多磨"
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          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
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          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
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          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
          "word": "geduld is een schone zaak"
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          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
          "word": "kärsivällisyys on hyve"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
          "word": "odotus palkitaan"
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          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
          "word": "tout vient à point à qui sait attendre"
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          "roman": "vinc moitmenso, is moigebso",
          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
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          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
          "word": "was lange währt, wird endlich gut"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
          "word": "gut Ding will Weile haben"
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          "roman": "to kaló prágma argeí na gínei",
          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
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          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
          "word": "a türelem rózsát terem"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
          "word": "dare tempo al tempo"
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          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
          "word": "la pazienza è una virtù provata"
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          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
          "word": "la pazienza è la virtù dei forti"
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          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
          "word": "tutto arriva a chi sa aspettare"
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          "roman": "kahou wa nete mate",
          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
          "word": "果報は寝て待て"
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          "roman": "mateba kairo-no huyori-ari",
          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
          "word": "待てば海路の日和あり"
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          "roman": "sekai wa mawarimochi",
          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
          "word": "世界は回り持ち"
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          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
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          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
          "word": "quem espera sempre alcança"
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          "roman": "kto ždjot, tot doždjótsja",
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          "word": "den som väntar på något gott, väntar aldrig för länge"
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          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
          "word": "kapag may tiyaga, may nilaga"
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          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
          "word": "bekleyen derviş muradına ermiş"
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          "roman": "ṣabr kā phal mīṭhā hotā hai",
          "sense": "patience is a virtue",
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      "sense": "patience is a virtue",
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      "roman": "to kaló prágma argeí na gínei",
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