O my God, so good and tender and kind, dear friend, wise co… - Guigo II

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O my God, so good and tender and kind, dear friend, wise counselor, powerful support, how heartless and rash is the man who rejects you, who casts from his heart so humble and gentle a guest!

Guigo II

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Guigo II was a Carthusian monk and the 9th prior of Grande Chartreuse monastery, from 1174 to 1180.

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Isaac the Syrian Thomas à Kempis Augustine of Hippo Søren Kierkegaard Kahlil Gibran

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