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Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.
Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound
He jests at scars that never felt a wound
How little it takes to make life unbearable: a pebble in the shoe, a cockroach in the spaghetti, a woman's read more
How little it takes to make life unbearable: a pebble in the shoe, a cockroach in the spaghetti, a woman's laugh.
Can it be, O Christ in heaven, that the holiest suffer most,
That the strongest wander furthest, and more read more
Can it be, O Christ in heaven, that the holiest suffer most,
That the strongest wander furthest, and more hopelessly are lost?
They, the holy ones and weakly,
Who the cross of suffering bore,
Folded their pale hands so read more
They, the holy ones and weakly,
Who the cross of suffering bore,
Folded their pale hands so meekly,
Spake with us on earth no more!
Oh, I have suffered
With those that I saw suffer!
Oh, I have suffered
With those that I saw 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.
Have patience and endure; this unhappiness will one day be
beneficial.
[Lat., Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi read more
Have patience and endure; this unhappiness will one day be
beneficial.
[Lat., Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim.]
It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes read more
It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.
