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    The mark of rank in nature is capacity for pain,
    And the anguish of the singer marks the sweetness of the strain.
    - Sarah Williams ("Saidie"),

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Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.

Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.

by Lance Armstrong Found in: Pain Quotes,
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Pain is no evil unless it conquers us.

Pain is no evil unless it conquers us.

by George Eliot Found in: Pain Quotes,
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A man of pleasure is a man of pains.

A man of pleasure is a man of pains.

by Edward Young Found in: Pain Quotes,
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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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Tut, man, one fire burns out another's burning;
One pain is less'ned by another's anguish;
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Tut, man, one fire burns out another's burning;
One pain is less'ned by another's anguish;
Turn giddy, and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.

by William Shakespeare 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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Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others pain And perish read more

Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others pain And perish in our own.

by Francis Thompson Found in: Pain Quotes,
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Man endures pain as an undeserved punishment; woman accepts it as a natural heritage.

Man endures pain as an undeserved punishment; woman accepts it as a natural heritage.

by Anonymous Found in: Pain Quotes,
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Why, all delights are vain, but that most vain
Which, with pain purchased, doth inherit pain:
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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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