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The painting depicts a personification of Patience.The semi-nude female figure, her arms held tight across her body perhaps in modesty or "huddling" [2] and "shivering" [3] in the cold, gazes down watching as a water clock slowly erodes a stone inscribed with the Latin DIVTVRNA TOLERANTIA or "abiding patience", which is likely to be a reference to Cicero's De Inventione.
Patience (or forbearance) is the ability to endure difficult circumstances.Patience may involve perseverance in the face of delay; tolerance of provocation without responding with disrespect or anger; [1] [verification needed] forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties; or being able to wait for a long time without getting irritated or bored.
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To test the ascetic's patience, the king had the ascetic struck two thousand times with a whip of thorns, had the ascetic's hands and feet axed off, cut off the ascetic's nose and ears, and then kicked the ascetic in the heart. After the king left, the ascetic wished the king a long life and said, "Those like myself do not feel wrath."
There are easy ways to increase our levels of daily gratitude, and good mental and physical health reasons to do so.
Exercise patience with Bronny James. Lakers are guiding nascent career with brain trust. Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY. November 18, 2024 at 11:34 AM.
Gaman (我慢) is a Japanese term of Zen Buddhist origin which means "enduring the seemingly unbearable with patience and dignity". [1] [2] The term is generally translated as "perseverance", "patience", or "tolerance". [3]
Exhibit of candid John Lennon photos taken during the former Beatle's 18-month “Lost Weekend" is coming to a gallery in Boca Raton Feb. 16.