"The soul also has charm, which is the adornment of the heart, the celebration of the spirit. But not everyone can have it, because the condition is internal greatness. The first step is to speak well of our enemy; the second, to do good with it. To leave the opportunity for revenge unexploited; turning a moment of victory into generosity. Virtue never pretends, doesn't put on fancy clothes, doesn't scheming, and doesn't humiliate anyone, even in the simplest and most complicated moments of life it remains what it was: virtue.
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Baltasar GraciánAll Translations
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The soul also has charm, which is the adornment of the heart, the celebration of the spirit. But not everyone can have it, because the condition is internal greatness. The first step is to speak well of our enemy; the second, to do good with it. To leave the opportunity for revenge unexploited; turning a moment of victory into generosity. Virtue never pretends, doesn't put on fancy clothes, doesn't scheming, and doesn't humiliate anyone, even in the simplest and most complicated moments of life it remains what it was: virtue.
""A léleknek is van bája, mely a szív ékessége, a szellem ünnepe. Ám nem mindenki rendelkezhet vele, mert feltétele a belső nagyság. Első lépés, jót mondani ellenségünkről; a második, jót tenni vele. A bosszú lehetőségét kihasználatlanul hagyni; a győzelem pillanatát nagylelkűséggé változtatni. Az erény sohasem színlel, nem ölt magára díszes ruhát, nem ármánykodik, és nem aláz meg senkit, az élet legegyszerűbb és legbonyolultabb pillanataiban is az marad, ami volt: erény."