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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.
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?
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.]
He jests at scars that never felt a wound
He jests at scars that never felt a wound
Suicide is a permanent solution
to a temporary problem
(quoted by Judy Collins on Diane Rehm Show).
Suicide is a permanent solution
to a temporary problem
(quoted by Judy Collins on Diane Rehm Show).
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.
Oh, I have suffered
With those that I saw suffer!
Oh, I have suffered
With those that I saw suffer!
The only way to be happy is to love to suffer.
The only way to be happy is to love to suffer.
Knowledge by suffering entereth,
And life is perfected by Death.
Knowledge by suffering entereth,
And life is perfected by Death.
