Those who inflict must suffer, for they see
The work of their own hearts, and that must be
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Those who inflict must suffer, for they see
The work of their own hearts, and that must be
Our chastisement or recompense.

What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.

What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.

Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely
dread.
[Lat., Graviora quae patiantur videntur jam read more

Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely
dread.
[Lat., Graviora quae patiantur videntur jam hominibus quam quae
metuant.]

Oh, I have suffered
With those that I saw suffer!

Oh, I have suffered
With those that I saw suffer!

Knowledge by suffering entereth,
And life is perfected by Death.

Knowledge by suffering entereth,
And life is perfected by Death.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

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.

Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.

Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.

We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it in full.

We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it in full.