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Why, all delights are vain, but that most vain
Which, with pain purchased, doth inherit pain:
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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.
Never a lip is curved with pain That can't be kissed into smiles again.
Never a lip is curved with pain That can't be kissed into smiles again.
There is one pain I often feel, which you will never know. It is caused by the absence of you.
There is one pain I often feel, which you will never know. It is caused by the absence of you.
The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.
The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.
Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air
Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air
Man endures pain as an undeserved punishment; woman accepts it as a natural heritage.
Man endures pain as an undeserved punishment; woman accepts it as a natural heritage.
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.
The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.
Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale.
from the poem
The Cotter’s Saturday Night.
Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale.
from the poem
The Cotter’s Saturday Night.
