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Paradoxically, by mastering oneself, one becomes more open to others, indirectly becoming generous, since “bonum est diffusivum sui”. This is magnanimity, the great ancient virtue whose name has been lost today. (p. 133)

— Salvatore Natoli

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Francis de Sales concedes nothing to the pagan style, which, moreover, has long since abandoned its tragic guise in ancient schools.

The magnanimous person does not look at others, not because he underestimates them, but because he finds his own measure in the task he has set himself. (p. 133).

But good can never be imposed: it must be continually sought and chosen each time. (p. 43)

“'Vitaque mancipio nulli datur, omnibus usus”': life is not given as property to anyone, but “'for use”' to everyone. (p. 3)

The first rule of any discourse is, in fact, to “tell the truth”. (p. 55)

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