"Excess sadness is a disease of the mind, but mild sadness is the mark of a well-conditioned mind, according to the present state of life." (St. Thomas Aquinas)
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"The conversion of the heart is accompanied by a salutary pain and sadness which the Fathers called animi cruciatus (affliction of the spirit) and compunctio cordis (repentance of the heart)." (Catechism of the Catholic Church)
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"Envy represents a form of sadness and therefore a refusal of charity." (Catechism of the Catholic Church)
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