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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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Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.

Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.

by Lance Armstrong 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 no evil unless it conquers us.

Pain is no evil unless it conquers us.

by George Eliot Found in: Pain 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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I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more read more

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

by Mother Teresa Found in: Love Quotes, Pain Quotes,
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It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite read more

It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite fully share the hell of someone close to you.

by Lady Bird Johnson Found in: Pain Quotes,
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The scourge of life, and death's extreme disgrace,
The smoke of hell,--that monster called Paine.

The scourge of life, and death's extreme disgrace,
The smoke of hell,--that monster called Paine.

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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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God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

by John Lennon Found in: Pain Quotes,
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