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Saint Teresa of Avila Quotes: It is no small misfortune and disgrace that, through our own fault, we neither understand our nature nor our origin.
         

It is no small misfortune and disgrace that, through our own fault, we neither understand our nature nor our origin.


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It is no small misfortune and disgrace that, through our own fault, we neither understand our nature nor our origin.
         



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