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May 30, 2015

Patience, how it mitigates physical pain, makes it easier, more bearable, even lighter. It's a question of non-resistance, mental resignation, a certain quieting of the mind while suffering.
—Giacomo Leopardo
   Italian poet and philosopher (1798-1837)


Source: quoted in Short, edited by Alan Ziegler (buy from Amazon)




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