http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7149940/Last-Mitford-girl-bemoans-demise-of-the-stiff-upper-lip.html
It was precisely this impression that convinced the rest of the world that the English were a superior race.
Stiff upper lip was an aristocratic and masculine virtue. Modern Britain now prefers proletarian and feminine vices.
THE VOICE OF REASON Solon, (born c. 630 BCE—died c. 560 BCE), Athenian statesman, known as one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece (the others were Chilon of Sparta, Thales of Miletus, Bias of Priene, Cleobulus of Lindos, Pittacus of Mytilene, and Periander of Corinth). Solon ended exclusive aristocratic control of the government, substituted a system of control by the wealthy, and introduced a new and more humane law code. He was also a noted poet.
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