I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.

Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.

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?

Oh, I have suffered
With those that I saw suffer!

Oh, I have suffered
With those that I saw suffer!

He jests at scars that never felt a wound

He jests at scars that never felt a wound

To each his suff'rings; all are men,
Condemn'd alike to groan;
The tender for another's pain,
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To each his suff'rings; all are men,
Condemn'd alike to groan;
The tender for another's pain,
Th' unfeeling for his own.
Yet ah! why should they know their fate,
Since sorrow never comes too late,
And happiness too swiftly flies?
Thought would destroy their paradise.

I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.

I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.

The only way to be happy is to love to suffer.

The only way to be happy is to love to suffer.

It is a glorious thing to be indifferent to suffering, but only to one's own suffering.

It is a glorious thing to be indifferent to suffering, but only to one's own suffering.