APAD: Good things come to those who wait.

This says patience pays.

I first heard of it in the 1991 movie "The Silence of the Lambs," a gruesome thriller which I enjoyed over and over again in the following years. According to Hannibal Lecter, the sin of the killer was that he "covets." Many years later, this word, with its biblical connotation, very much impressed my Catholic friend and colleague. It was fun.

 

OK. Come back to the topic. Here is the dialogue where the proverb appears:

    Clarice: You know who killed him, don't you? Tell me who decapitated your patient, doctor.

    Lecter: All good things to those who wait. I've waited, Clarice, but how long can you and old Jackie Boy wait?

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• patience is a virtue -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/28/2023 postreply 10:07:38

• Each coin has 2sides. Sometimes it‘s right，but sometimes not -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/28/2023 postreply 14:35:47

• 有的時候需要aggressive一些 -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/28/2023 postreply 14:36:21

• 就像生命在於運動與生命在於靜止這兩句 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/28/2023 postreply 15:09:52

• gut Timing is everything: Sometimes you gotta wait... -TJKCB- ♀ (164 bytes) () 03/28/2023 postreply 15:37:34

• Agreed. Not even a proverb states absolute truth. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/28/2023 postreply 16:37:53

• Good things come to those who prepare. -Zhuzitaba- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/30/2023 postreply 05:29:25

• That's true, too. :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/01/2023 postreply 12:52:06

• 好事多磨 -天玉之- ♀ (24 bytes) () 03/31/2023 postreply 19:04:34

• 您好！翻譯功力深厚 :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/01/2023 postreply 12:51:06

• 我喜歡這個中文成語，但不喜歡那個英文諺語 -Zhuzitaba- ♂ (267 bytes) () 04/03/2023 postreply 11:32:32