“If one cannot overlook a hurt, many hurts will grow from it. It is a fatal style of living.”

—  Gottfried von Straßburg, book Tristan

Swer keinen schaden vertragen kan,
dâ wahsent dicke schaden an.
und ist ein veiclîcher site.
Source: Tristan, Line 281

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medieval German poet 1180–1215

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