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Patience.

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Agues come on horseback, but go away on foot.

Meaning: The saying pictures agues arriving on horseback and departing on foot. It contrasts a rapid onset with a slower imagined recovery through two ways of travelling.

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10Undated
He that cannot abide a bad market deserves not a good one.

Meaning: The saying asks for steadiness when conditions become less favourable, rather than enjoyment only when things go well. Its complaint about deserving a good market should not imply that suffering earns success or that someone must tolerate an unfair arrangement.

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Better a bare foot than no foot at all.

Meaning: An imperfect resource is compared with losing the underlying capacity altogether. The saying can encourage appreciation of what remains useful, but its bodily comparison must not become a demand that someone accept inadequate support or feel grateful for hardship.

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12Undated
A man may bear till his back breaks.

Meaning: Endurance has limits. A person may keep accepting burdens until the strain becomes more than they can carry, so willingness should not be mistaken for unlimited capacity.

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13Undated
Bear and forbear.

Meaning: Endure ordinary difficulties and show restraint toward other people’s faults. Patience and mutual tolerance can keep small frictions from becoming repeated quarrels.

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14Undated
Bear with evil and expect good.

Meaning: The saying combines endurance of present difficulty with hope for something better. It can support patience during a bounded setback, but hope does not guarantee improvement and bearing evil should never require accepting abuse, danger or preventable wrongdoing.

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15Undated
The sharper the blast, The shorter 'twill last.

Meaning: A fierce burst of trouble may pass quickly. The saying offers patience during an intense moment, but its confident prediction should not be treated as a guarantee about weather or hardship.

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16Undated
A cat loves fish, but she's loth to wet her feet.

Meaning: Wanting a benefit while refusing the effort it requires can leave the wish unfulfilled. Consider which inconveniences are genuinely necessary to obtain what you want.

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17Undated
Cloudy mornings turn to clear evenings.

Meaning: An unpromising beginning need not determine how the rest of an experience develops. The cloudy-morning image encourages leaving room for improvement, while it should not be treated as a weather forecast or a promise that every difficulty ends well.

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18Undated
Constant dropping wears the stone.

Meaning: Small efforts repeated over time can produce a substantial change. The saying values steady persistence, while leaving room to check whether the effort is effective and whether the desired result is actually achievable.

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20Undated
He must crack the nut that would eat the kernel.

Meaning: A desired benefit may require doing the necessary work to reach it. Cracking the nut before eating its kernel links a result to its practical prerequisite, without promising that any amount of effort guarantees success.

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21Undated
First creep and then go.

Meaning: Learn the basic steps before attempting a more demanding task. Gradual preparation can help, while the appropriate starting point depends on the learner and the skill involved.

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22Undated
No cross, no crown.

Meaning: A valued reward may require accepting difficulty or sacrifice. The cross stands for hardship and the crown for the hoped-for reward.

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Crosses are ladders for getting to heaven.

Meaning: The saying pictures crosses as ladders toward heaven. Burdens are made into a religious image of possible progress rather than mere obstruction.

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Crosses are ladders that lead to heaven.

Meaning: The saying presents crosses as ladders leading to heaven. It gives burdens a hopeful direction within a religious interpretation of suffering.

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