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Nature knows best, and she says, roar!
Nature knows best, and she says, roar!
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.
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it read more
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
 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"), 
It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure read more
It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.
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.
 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. 
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.
Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.
Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.