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    Beware the fury of a patient man.

    —  John Dryden , Absalom and Achitophel

  • system updated 5 years, 5 months ago

    Beware the fury of a patient man.

    —  John Dryden , Absalom and Achitophel

    Pt. I, line 999–1005. Compare Publius Syrus, Maxim 289, "Furor fit læsa sæpius patientia" ("An over-taxed patience gives way to fierce anger").
    Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
    Context: Oh that my Pow'r to Saving were confin’d:
    Why am I forc’d, like Heav’n, against my mind,
    To make Examples of another Kind?
    Must I at length the Sword of Justice draw?
    Oh curst Effects of necessary Law!
    How ill my Fear they by my Mercy scan,
    Beware the Fury of a Patient Man.

  • system updated 5 years, 5 months ago

    Beware the fury of a patient man.

    —  John Dryden , Absalom and Achitophel

    Pt. I, line 999–1005. Compare Publius Syrus, Maxim 289, "Furor fit læsa sæpius patientia" ("An over-taxed patience gives way to fierce anger").
    Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
    Variant: Beware the Fury of a Patient Man.
    Context: Oh that my Pow'r to Saving were confin’d:
    Why am I forc’d, like Heav’n, against my mind,
    To make Examples of another Kind?
    Must I at length the Sword of Justice draw?
    Oh curst Effects of necessary Law!
    How ill my Fear they by my Mercy scan,
    Beware the Fury of a Patient Man.

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