"I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it." ― Edith Sitwell Topic(s): Patience More From Edith Sitwell "Poetry is the deification of reality." More In Patience "How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?"― William Shakespeare "I had art as a major, along with English, French and History. I had dance, modern dance. In English I was allowed to write my own poetry, which I eventually got published."― Sally Kirkland "Your patience would fail you if I should continue to relate all the disrespectful speeches and treatment which your servants have been obliged to listen to and patiently to bear."― Peter Stuyvesant