Qui espera, desespera.
“He who waits, despairs.”
Waiting endlessly for something uncertain wears down patience and hope.
— Traditional Andorra & Catalan Pyrenean Wisdom, Andorra
Source: Traditional Catalan proverb, shared regional heritage of Andorra, public-domain oral tradition
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