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    It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.

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I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

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

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

by William Faulkner Found in: Suffering Quotes,
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It is a glorious thing to be indifferent to suffering, but only to one's own suffering.

It is a glorious thing to be indifferent to suffering, but only to one's own suffering.

by Robert Lynd Found in: Suffering Quotes,
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People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.

People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.

by Chuck Palahniuk Found in: Suffering Quotes,
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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.''

by C.s. Lewis Found in: Suffering Quotes,
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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.]

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For there are deeds
Which have no form, sufferings which have no tongue.

For there are deeds
Which have no form, sufferings which have no tongue.

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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.

by H. L. Mencken Found in: Suffering Quotes,
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Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

by Aristotle Found in: Suffering Quotes,
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