“I suffer fools gladly because I am one of them.”
Harry Secombe (1921–2001) British entertainer
Variant: I suffer migraines. I do not suffer fools.
Source: We Were Liars
“I suffer fools gladly because I am one of them.”
Harry Secombe (1921–2001) British entertainer
Samuel Rutherford (1600–1661) Scottish Reformed theologian
Sketch of Life of Samuel Rutherford (Andrew Bonar)
Howard Jacobson (1942) British author and journalist
Redback (1986) p. 29.
“My final belief is suffering. And I begin to believe that I do not suffer.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Mi última creencia es sufrir. Y comienzo a creer que no sufro.
Voces (1943)
George Wallace (1919–1998) 45th Governor of Alabama
Address to the Montgomery Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (1979), as quoted in "George Wallace – From the Heart" (17 March 1995), The Washington Post.
1970s
“Suffer love! A good ephitet! I do suffer love indeed, for I love thee against my will.”
William Shakespeare book Much Ado About Nothing
Source: Much Ado About Nothing
“When your suffering is a little greater than my suffering, I feel like I am a little cruel.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Cuando tu dolor es un poco mayor que mi dolor, me siento un poco cruel.
Voces (1943)
“Suffer. You could say it means endure, but that's not exactly right”
E. Lockhart book We Were Liars
Source: We Were Liars