Book:    Wolf Hall
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The king takes a deep ragged breath. He's been shouting. Now – and it's a narrow thing – he decides to laugh. 'You advocate prudence. Prudence is a virtue. But there are other virtues that belong to princes.'
'Fortitude.'
'Yes. Cost that out.'
'It doesn't mean courage in battle.'
'Do you read me a lesson?'
'It means fixity of purpose. It means endurance. It means having the strength to live with what constrains you.

( Hilary Mantel )
[ Wolf Hall ]
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