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Long ailments wear out pain, and long hopes, joy.
Long ailments wear out pain, and long hopes, joy.
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.
Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself.
Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself.
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.
A man of pleasure is a man of pains.
A man of pleasure is a man of pains.
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.
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.
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.
When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.
