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To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, read more
To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy, one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness.
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.
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.
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?
The only way to be happy is to love to suffer.
The only way to be happy is to love to suffer.
If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.
If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.
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!
In default of inexhaustible happiness, eternal suffering would at least give us a destiny. But we do not even have read more
In default of inexhaustible happiness, eternal suffering would at least give us a destiny. But we do not even have that consolation, and our worst agonies come to an end one day.
It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge.
It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge.
