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    Why, all delights are vain, but that most vain
    Which, with pain purchased, doth inherit pain:
    As, painfully to pore upon a book,
    To seek the light of truth, which truth the while
    Doth falsely blind the eyesight of his look.

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When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.

When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.

by Edward Young Found in: Pain Quotes,
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World's use is cold, world's love is vain,
World's cruelty is bitter bane;
But pain is not read more

World's use is cold, world's love is vain,
World's cruelty is bitter bane;
But pain is not the fruit of pain.

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Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.

Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.

by Martin F. Tupper Found in: Pain Quotes,
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Never a lip is curved with pain That can't be kissed into smiles again.

Never a lip is curved with pain That can't be kissed into smiles again.

by Bret Harte Found in: Pain Quotes,
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Man delights not me--nor woman neither, though, by your smiling
you seem to say so.

Man delights not me--nor woman neither, though, by your smiling
you seem to say so.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Delight Quotes,
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The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.

The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.

by Publilius Syrus Found in: Pain Quotes,
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I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more read more

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

by Mother Teresa Found in: Love Quotes, Pain Quotes,
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There is no real evil in life, except great pain; all the rest is imaginary, and depends on the light read more

There is no real evil in life, except great pain; all the rest is imaginary, and depends on the light in which we view things.

by Marie De Sevigne Found in: Pain Quotes,
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It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite read more

It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite fully share the hell of someone close to you.

by Lady Bird Johnson Found in: Pain Quotes,
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