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Patience, a praise; forbearance is a treasure;
Sufferance, an angel is; a monster, rage.

— Edward Fairfax Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered (1600)

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Source: Book V, stanza 47
Work: Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, 1600
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