“ It does no man any good to have his patience worn out, and to think himself ill-used. ”
Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit (1857). copy citation
| Author | Charles Dickens |
|---|---|
| Source | Little Dorrit |
| Topic | patience good |
| Date | 1857 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/963/963-h/963-h.htm |
Context
“‘It will do me no harm to try.’
‘I am not certain of that,’ rejoined Doyce, laying his hand persuasively on his shoulder. ‘It has done me harm, my friend. It has aged me, tired me, vexed me, disappointed me. It does no man any good to have his patience worn out, and to think himself ill-used. I fancy, even already, that unavailing attendance on delays and evasions has made you something less elastic than you used to be.’
‘Private anxieties may have done that for the moment,’ said Clennam, ‘but not official harrying.”
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