No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity, a patron, and even the praises of a friend to recommend them to the notice of the world.    From LearnThat.org.  [http://thinkexist.com/quotation/no_man-s_abilities_are_so_remarkably_shining_as/176179.html]

Whether the jewels indicate Mary was their client or their patron is the more thorny issue.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558] Reference

If the Spanish word "patron" is foreign to you, the book I'm Ok, You're Ok demonstrates the point quite well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 3] Reference

Her political patron is an albatross right now/check.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Sessions Responds to Kagan’s Marshall Memos] Reference

Another patron is horribly offended by shirtless, shoeless service, and sues.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Judge Suing Newspaper for Breach of Web Privacy Agreement Over Being Outed as Author of Anonymous Comments] Reference

After one patron is targeted and asked to step outside, the librarian resists.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: February 12, 2006 - February 18, 2006 Archives] Reference

A patron is looking for the title of a science fiction book about a human beehive.    From Wordnik.com.  [we are spirits in the material world] Reference

Not one of the remnant who had followed my patron from the bloody field of Dunbar was visible.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Scottish Chiefs] Reference

Benefactor—that’s what they called a patron who kept a whore-celebrant for his personal use.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wildfire] Reference

Only a generation or so Salinas was the typical domain of a Latin American patron, the Cordovez family.    From Wordnik.com.  [P2P Foundation] Reference

Our patron is on the watch for people slipping out without paying their rent; he’s been had that way before.    From Wordnik.com.  [Down and Out in Paris and London] Reference

They claim the U.S. and Israel are falsely accusing Hezbollah to embarrass its main patron, the Islamic Republic of Iran.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tensions Mount In Lebanon Over Hariri Murder Probe] Reference

Jordan next hired Collins, who has two years left on his contract but who might also be dumped now that his patron is gone.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Wizards show Jordan the door] Reference

The overwhelming majority of those businesses are cigar shops and tobacconists, whose average patron is decidedly not muslim.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waldo Jaquith - Study: Secondhand smoke causes lung damage.] Reference

If that manager had not come along and listened to the customer, a long-term patron of that store could have been lost forever.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Win Friends and Influence People] Reference

Unless the customer, in this case the strip club patron, is unhappy with the service, he or she is likely satisfied parting with money.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bitterblog] Reference

With a bow this typical French "patron" -- surely not a German spy!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Soul of the War] Reference

He is also known as the patron of dogs and dog lovers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

"He is also known as the patron of dogs and dog lovers.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

His patron is the accomplished courtier Balthazar Castiglione.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3] Reference

He did not dare to call his patron back again, to ask his pardon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Phoebe, Junior] Reference

His being my lawyer, and his being the lawyer of your patron is a coincidence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Great Expectations] Reference

The driver called the patron to confirm the delivery and waited by his vehicle.    From Wordnik.com.  [ThePittsburghChannel.com - Local News] Reference

But we still dont have the so-called patron who links it all into a neat circle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exile's Valor]

The King who had been his patron was the tool of Catherine II and through her of Russia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kościuszko A Biography] Reference

St. Anthony was called the patron of mariners, and therefore his aid was especially invoked.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago] Reference

But the patron is a friend of mine; he will do his very best for you after what I have written. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Roof of France] Reference

Not that working like a patron is the opposite of appreciating the library, but it seemed to fit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tame The Web] Reference

In London, the U. S.-educated banker is known as a patron of the arts and of philanthropic causes.    From Wordnik.com.  [EMI Owner Retains Investment Banker] Reference