He used also to say that that man was unfortunate who could not support misfortune; and that it is a disease of the mind to desire what was impossible, and to have no regard for the misfortunes of others. Being asked what was difficult, he said — "To bear a change of fortune for the worse with magnanimity."
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Bias of Priene
Bibesco, Princess Elizabeth
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