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He could afford to suffer
With those whom he saw suffer.
He could afford to suffer
With those whom he saw suffer.
The only way to be happy is to love to suffer.
The only way to be happy is to love to suffer.
The heart was made to be broken
The heart was made to be broken
The salvation of the world is in man's suffering.
The salvation of the world is in man's suffering.
We have suffered lightly, if we have suffered what we should weep
for.
[Lat., Levia perpessi sumus
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We have suffered lightly, if we have suffered what we should weep
for.
[Lat., Levia perpessi sumus
Si flenda patimur.]
To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, read more
To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy, one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness.
Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is not quest without pain; there is no lover who is not read more
Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is not quest without pain; there is no lover who is not also a martyr.
People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.
People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.
What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when
the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.
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What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when
the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.
[Lat., Leniter ex merito quidquid patiare ferendum est,
Quae venit indigne poena dolenda venit.]
