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We do not have the courage to bear our cross: we are wrong; for, no matter how much we do, the cross holds us and escapes it and is impossible.

— John Vianney Attributed

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Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: John Vianney (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.