"Hic breve vivitur, hic breve plangitur, hic breve fletur: Non breve vivere, non breve plangere retribuetur."
— Bernard of Cluny

January 1, 1970

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