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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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They can't hurt you unless you let them.

They can't hurt you unless you let them.

by Rosanne Cash Found in: Courage Quotes, Pain Quotes,
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And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens,
Are singing the selfsame strain.

And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens,
Are singing the selfsame strain.

by Bayard Taylor 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 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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The scourge of life, and death's extreme disgrace,
The smoke of hell,--that monster called Paine.

The scourge of life, and death's extreme disgrace,
The smoke of hell,--that monster called Paine.

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He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Pain Quotes,
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Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain.

Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson 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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Tut, man, one fire burns out another's burning;
One pain is less'ned by another's anguish;
Turn giddy, read more

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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You purchase pain with all that joy can give,
And die of nothing but a rage to live.

You purchase pain with all that joy can give,
And die of nothing but a rage to live.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Pain Quotes,
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