Benjamin Franklin
Inventor, Statesman, Author
"Pity and forbearance should characterize all acts of justice."
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Forbearance
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Samuel Johnson
Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
"It may be observed in general that the future is purchased by the present. It is not possible to secure distant or permanent happiness but by the forbearance of some immediate gratification."
George R. R. Martin
Novelist, Screenwriter
"You mistake patience for forbearance."
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