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A Pascal Miscellany

Quote7 October 201321 September 2018 llwilmothLeave a comment

A Pascal Miscellany 136 I have often said that the sole cause of man’s unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room. 924 It is true that there is something painful in beginning to practice piety, but this pain does not arise from the beginnings of piety within us, […]

Aristotle on recovering from misfortune

Quote3 October 201327 September 2022 llwilmoth1 Comment

It follows, then, that the happy person has the [stability] we are looking for and keeps the character he has throughout his life. For always, or more than anything else, he will do and study the actions in accord with virtue, and will bear fortunes most finely, in every way and in all conditions, since […]

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