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It is a misery to be born, a pain to live, a trouble to die.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

Nasci miserum, vivere pœna, angustia mori.

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Believe me, you will find more lessons in the woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you what you cannot learn from masters.

Human reason is snatching everything to itself, leaving nothing for faith.

One cannot now say, the priest is as the people, for the truth is that the people are not so bad as the priest.

He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands.

It is commonly said: What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve.

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