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English, 22.04.2020 20:35, kienzie1

What is the importance of this quote

"For the English, life is about not happiness but muddling through, getting by. In that sense, they are like the ancient Aztecs. When an Aztec child was born, a priest would say, "You are born into a world of suffering; suffer then and hold your peace." There is something noble in that attitude, that quiet suffering.

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