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Why, all delights are vain, but that most vain
Which, with pain purchased, doth inherit pain:
As, read more
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.
It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure read more
It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.
Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself.
Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself.
Pain is no evil unless it conquers us.
Pain is no evil unless it conquers us.
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
Pain dies quickly, and lets her weary prisoners go; the fiercest agonies have shortest reign.
Pain dies quickly, and lets her weary prisoners go; the fiercest agonies have shortest reign.
A man of pleasure is a man of pains.
A man of pleasure is a man of pains.
Long ailments wear out pain, and long hopes, joy.
Long ailments wear out pain, and long hopes, joy.
When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.
When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.
