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“He is not prone to remember evils, since it is proper to a magnanimous person not to nurse memories, especially not of evils, but to overlook them. He does not speak evil even of his enemies, except when he responds to their wanton aggression. He especially avoids laments or entreaties about necessities or small matters.” — Aristotle on the Megalopsychos

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He is not prone to remember evils, since it is proper to a magnanimous person not to nurse memories, especially not of evils, but to overlook them. He does not speak evil even of his enemies, except when he responds to their wanton aggression. He especially avoids laments or entreaties about necessities or small matters.
— Aristotle on the Megalopsychos