German Patience is a solitaire card game which is played with two decks of playing card. It is an unusual game because building in the tableau or playing area is up (Ace - King), as opposed to building down in many others. Despite its name, it is not known if this game originated from Germany.
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Famous quotes containing the words german and/or patience:
“The German mind, may it live! Almost invisible as a mind, it finally manifests itself assertively as a conviction.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)
“Yet thou dost look
Like Patience gazing on kings’ graves, and smiling
Extremity out of act.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)