Patience is not the absence of action, but action tempered w... - Horatio Nelson

"Patience is not the absence of action, but action tempered with wisdom."

Horatio Nelson Patience

Naval Admiral British 1758–1805

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"England expects that every man will do his duty."

"The British fleet to the northwest of Cape Finisterre."

"I have a right to be blind sometimes."

"Desperate affairs require desperate remedies."

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

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

"Patience is a virtue."

"Patience is a virtue I never learned."