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Bernard of Clairvaux

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Vulgo dicitur: Quod non videt oculus, cor non dolet.
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It is commonly said: What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve.
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In Festo Omnium Sanctorum, Sermo 5, sect. 5; translation from Scottish Notes and Queries, 1st series, vol. 7, p. 59.

 
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