“…what has become my frequent prayer since I have had to face death -"Thy holy will, O Lord, not mine be done!"”

— Robert Hughes

Things I Didn't Know (2006)

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Australian critic, historian, writer 1938–2012

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O Lady, holy charity, may the Lord save thee with thy sister holy obedience!”

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Holy humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world.
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Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine.”

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O death! where is thy sting?”

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