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Quote: 
diebus ac noctibus iniurias patiens ingemiscit
Text: 
Latin for "All creation (sc. omnis creatura) groans enduring hardships days and nights". From St. Ambrose's commentary on St. Paul's Letter to the Romans, on verse 8:22 ("scimus enim quod omnis creatura ingemescit et parturit usque adhuc").