"More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones."
— Teresa of Ávila

January 1, 1970

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Likely a variant of “I remember having read somewhere, in some strange book, that when the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers,” a quip found in act 2 of Oscar Wilde's play An Ideal Husband.