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Dhp 8.113

Dhammapada · translated by F. Max Muller

And he who lives a hundred years, not seeing beginning and end, a life of one day is better if a man sees beginning and end.
Dhp 8.113 · Dhammapada · The Thousands

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Patience in other traditions

The same theme, as Christianity, Islam and Hinduism address it.

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
Hebrews 6:15 · Bible · Hebrews
But be patient (O Muhammad) with a patience fair to see.
Quran 70:5 · Quran
The pious king, with grief distressed, The noble hundred thus addressed: "With patience, daughters, bear your fate, Yours was a deed supremely great When with one mind you kept from shame The honour of your father's name. Patience, when men their anger vent, Is woman's praise and ornament; Yet when the Gods inflict the blow Hard is it to support the woe. Patience, my girls, exceeds all price: 'Tis alms, and truth, and sacrifice. Patience is virtue, patience fame: Patience upholds this earthly frame. And now, I think, is come the time To wed you in your maiden prime. Now, daughters, go where'er you will: Thoughts for your good my mind shall fill."
Ramayana 1.140 · Ramayana · 1
[1106] Patience, reasoning or disputation, remembrance, forgetfulness or error, imagination, endurance, propensity towards good, propensity towards evil, and restlessness,--these are the properties of the mind. Destruction of both good and evil thoughts (i.e., dreamless slumber), perseverance, concentration, decision, and ascertainment of all things resting upon direct evidence, constitute the five properties of the understanding."
Mbh 12.255.1b · Mahabharata · SANTI PARVA

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