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.

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.]

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.

We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, ''Blessed are they that mourn.''

We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, ''Blessed are they that mourn.''

He could afford to suffer
With those whom he saw suffer.

He could afford to suffer
With those whom he saw suffer.

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

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

What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.

What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.

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

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

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.