Where do we begin. "Beginnings are always ardous"

A verdade que fere é pior do que a mentira que consola… Entenda quem puder.
Chico Xavier. In “O Evangelho de Chico Xavier” by Carlos Baccelli (p.20).

[The truth which wounds is worse than the lie which consoles… (Difficult though it may be to understand, that is how it is) [literally: “May whoever understand (this) do so"] (trans. Blogger)]

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Tem que dar graças a Deus primeiro (Brazilian quote)
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