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A man of pleasure is a man of pains.
A man of pleasure is a man of pains.
Nature knows best, and she says, roar!
Nature knows best, and she says, roar!
God is a concept by which we measure our pain.
God is a concept by which we measure our pain.
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.
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.
There is purpose in pain,
Otherwise it were devilish.
There is purpose in pain,
Otherwise it were devilish.
Pain is no longer pain when it is past.
Pain is no longer pain when it is past.
The mark of rank in nature is capacity for pain,
And the anguish of the singer marks the sweetness read more
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"),
They can't hurt you unless you let them.
They can't hurt you unless you let them.