He jests at scars that never felt a wound

He jests at scars that never felt a wound

Ho! why dost thou shiver and shake, Gaffer Grey?
And why does thy nose look so blue?

Ho! why dost thou shiver and shake, Gaffer Grey?
And why does thy nose look so blue?

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.

What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.

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

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

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.]

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.]

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.

To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.