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

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

And taste
The melancholy joys of evils pass'd,
For he who much has suffer'd, much will know.

And taste
The melancholy joys of evils pass'd,
For he who much has suffer'd, much will know.

The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid read more

The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt

The only way to be happy is to love to suffer.

The only way to be happy is to love to suffer.

I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.

I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.

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.

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

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

The salvation of the world is in man's suffering.

The salvation of the world is in man's suffering.

To each his suff'rings; all are men,
Condemn'd alike to groan;
The tender for another's pain,
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To each his suff'rings; all are men,
Condemn'd alike to groan;
The tender for another's pain,
Th' unfeeling for his own.
Yet ah! why should they know their fate,
Since sorrow never comes too late,
And happiness too swiftly flies?
Thought would destroy their paradise.