A continuously happy life produces extremely unhappy
consequences. In nature we see that there are not always pleasant springs and
fruitful summers, and sometimes autumn is rainy and winter cold and snowy, and
there is flooding and wind and storms, and moreover the crops fail and there
are famine, troubles, sicknesses and many other misfortunes. All of this is
beneficial so that man might learn through prudence, patience and humility. For
the most part, in times of plenty he forgets himself, but in times of various
sorrows he becomes more attentive to his salvation.
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