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The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy; Volume 2 by Ordericus Vitalis
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“O, worldly pomp, how despicable you are when one considers that you are empty and fleeting ! You are justly compared to watery bubbles, one moment all swollen up, then suddenly reduced to nothing.”
― Ordericus Vitalis, The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy, Volume 2

tags: death, fleeting, history, memento-mori, sacred-and-profane, transitory

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