Patience is not passivity; it is the strategic timing of one... - Simone de Beauvoir

This quote is attributed to Simone de Beauvoir.

"Patience is not passivity; it is the strategic timing of one's resistance."

Simone de Beauvoir Patience

Philosopher Writer French 1908–1986

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