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.
'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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