when pain is to be born, a little courage helps more than much knowled…

C. S. Lewis
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when pain is to be born, a little courage helps more than much knowledge, a little human sympathy more than much courage, and the least tincture of the love of God more than all. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2009). The Problem of Pain, p.13, Harper Collins
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when pain is to be born, a little courage helps more than much knowledge, a little human sympathy more than much courage, and the least tincture of the love of God more than all. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2009). The Problem of Pain, p.13, Harper Collins

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