Maurice Druon. When the king destroys France (№ 68570)

Strange still creating man! When life smiles at him when he uses the bloom of health, when in all cases he favors when his wife and prolific in the edge of peace, shouldn't he just then from morning till night to ascend the soul to the throne of God to thank him for giving them mercy? Certainly not - he does not remember his Creator, nose and breaks all the commandments of the Lord. But, will he fall upon his mount, barely fighting his affliction, he immediately rushes to God. And prays to it, and black, and promises to mend his ways... So the Lord God rightly sends us troubles, since it's apparently the only way to force a person to return to the bosom of the Church...