http://www.answerbag.com/profile/880727 New Answerbag answers from Schrodinger Tue, 29 May 2012 23:52:57 -0700 Tue, 29 May 2012 23:52:57 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5671040 Where did the prase "Patience is a Virtue" come from?<br /><br />The passage from Chaucer is in the Franklin&#039;s tale, the story of Aurelius wooing Dorigen who was married to the knight Arveragus: &quot;Pacience is an high vertue certayn For it vanquysheth, as thyse clerks sayn Thyngs that rigour should never attayn&quot; I read it when I was a... Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:30:54 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5671040