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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.
The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.
The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound
He jests at scars that never felt a wound
Oh, I have suffered
With those that I saw suffer!
Oh, I have suffered
With those that I saw suffer!
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!
Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.
Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.
And taste
The melancholy joys of evils pass'd,
For he who much has suffer'd, much will know.
And taste
The melancholy joys of evils pass'd,
For he who much has suffer'd, much will know.
He could afford to suffer
With those whom he saw suffer.
He could afford to suffer
With those whom he saw suffer.
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.
