Patience Is A̶ ̶V̶i̶r̶t̶u̶e̶ Its Own Punishment

Idly musing … as is my wont … about platitudes, it dawned on me that … just as suspension bridges are the real world example of tautologies, so, Aruba is the perfect example of how everything comes to s/he who waits ¹.

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¹ Even the British didn’t want it! ²

² And that’s saying something! ³

³ The British Empire was the largest the World has ever seen — only 22 countries uninvaded, some of which might not even have constituted countries at the height of its power and some which, like Andorra, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Vatican City, are barely more than a city state.