Patience is not the absence of action, but the wisdom to act... - General Kutuzov

This quote is attributed to General Kutuzov.

"Patience is not the absence of action, but the wisdom to act at the right moment."

General Kutuzov Patience

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"The strength of an army depends not on numbers alone but on the unity of its spirit."

"Patience is the virtue of the strong."

"We Russians ought not to fight Napoleon, for he is invincible while we are unprepared."

"The war is lost and must be ended."

"Patience is a virtue I'm still learning."

"I may be a redhead, but I'm not a hothead."

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"Patience is a virtue I never learned."