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    Why, all delights are vain, but that most vain
    Which, with pain purchased, doth inherit pain:
    As, painfully to pore upon a book,
    To seek the light of truth, which truth the while
    Doth falsely blind the eyesight of his look.

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There is purpose in pain,
Otherwise it were devilish.

There is purpose in pain,
Otherwise it were devilish.

by Lord Lytton Found in: Pain Quotes,
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You purchase pain with all that joy can give,
And die of nothing but a rage to live.

You purchase pain with all that joy can give,
And die of nothing but a rage to live.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Pain Quotes,
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Pain is never permanent.

Pain is never permanent.

by Saint Teresa Of Avila Found in: Pain Quotes,
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The mark of rank in nature is capacity for pain,
And the anguish of the singer marks the sweetness read more

The mark of rank in nature is capacity for pain,
And the anguish of the singer marks the sweetness of the strain.
- Sarah Williams ("Saidie"),

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Pain is no longer pain when it is past.

Pain is no longer pain when it is past.

by Margaret J. Preston Found in: Pain Quotes,
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I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no
small one, in the real misfortunes read more

I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no
small one, in the real misfortunes and pains of others.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Delight Quotes,
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Pain is life--the sharper, the more evidence of life.

Pain is life--the sharper, the more evidence of life.

by Charles Lamb Found in: Pain Quotes,
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He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Pain Quotes,
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.

When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.

by Toni Morrison Found in: Pain Quotes,
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