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Why, all delights are vain, but that most vain
Which, with pain purchased, doth inherit pain:
As, read more
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.
They can't hurt you unless you let them.
They can't hurt you unless you let them.
When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.
When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.
Pain is no evil unless it conquers us.
Pain is no evil unless it conquers us.
Long ailments wear out pain, and long hopes, joy.
Long ailments wear out pain, and long hopes, joy.
Nature knows best, and she says, roar!
Nature knows best, and she says, roar!
Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies
Between the pain of hell and Paradise.
Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies
Between the pain of hell and Paradise.
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
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.
