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Brief life is here our portion, brief sorrow, short-lived care:
The Life that knows no ending, the tearless Life, is there.

— Bernard of Cluny

Hic breve vivitur, hic breve plangitur, hic breve fletur:
Non breve vivere, non breve plangere retribuetur.

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ll. 1–2, Hic breve vivitur (tr. J. M. Neale, 1851, rev. 1858)

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