quibus ego praesentum futurarumque beatitudinum vicissitudinibus inspectis communia patientius incommoda fero; primum, quod mihi quae merear introspicienti, quaecumque adversa provenerint, leviora reputabuntur; dein quod certum scio maximum esse remedium interioris hominis, si in hac area mundi variis passionum flagellis trituretur exterior.
When I consider these alternations of present and future joys I bear more patiently our common afflictions; for, in the first place, a scrutiny of my own deserts will surely make any misfortunes which befall me seem less heavy; and, in the second place, I know for a certainty that the most effective cure for the inner man is for the outer man to be flailed by divers sufferings on the threshing-floor of the present world.
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