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by Steve Ryan on January 24th, 2006
From a phrases.org message board:
From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996): "Patience is a virtue. The ability to wait for something without excessive frustration is a valuable character trait. The proverb has been traced back to 'Piers Plowman' (1377) by William Langland and is similar to the Latin, Maxima enim..patientia virtus (Patience is the greatest virtue) and the French, Patience est une grant vertu. (Patience is a great value.) Some ten years after Langland, Chaucer wrote in 'The Canterbury Tales' (1386) that 'Patience is a high virtue.' Sometimes followed by the wry rejoinder 'but virtue can hurt you.' First cited in the United States in 1724 in the 'Works of Thomas Chalkley' (1766)..."
by jeanie16 on April 3rd, 2008
I dont know, but isnt it !! :)
by BigMaze on April 3rd, 2008
I'm going with Ben Franklin.
Maze
by momlovesgreen on January 17th, 2011
The only known 'person' who ever said this was Chaucer. If Franklin ever repeated it, it sounds like it would be in Poor Richard's Almanac. What it didn't come from is the Bible.....
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