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Can it be, O Christ in heaven, that the holiest suffer most,
That the strongest wander furthest, and more read more
Can it be, O Christ in heaven, that the holiest suffer most,
That the strongest wander furthest, and more hopelessly are lost?
Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely
dread.
[Lat., Graviora quae patiantur videntur jam read more
Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely
dread.
[Lat., Graviora quae patiantur videntur jam hominibus quam quae
metuant.]
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
The heart was made to be broken
The heart was made to be broken
What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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.
The salvation of the world is in man's suffering.
The salvation of the world is in man's suffering.
People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.
People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.
Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.
Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.
