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“For although [poverty] is bitter to the taste, there comes sweetness afterwards; and just as a walnut has a bitter shell, but when the shell is removed there is a kernel of strengthening food, so it is with poverty and mortification when taken patiently.” — William Langland
For although [poverty] is bitter to the taste, there comes sweetness afterwards; and just as a walnut has a bitter shell, but when the shell is removed there is a kernel of strengthening food, so it is with poverty and mortification when taken patiently.