The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one …

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The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper. ✨ Aristotle (1953). Ethics: The Nicomachean Ethics
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The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper. ✨ Aristotle (1953). Ethics: The Nicomachean Ethics

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