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They, the holy ones and weakly,
Who the cross of suffering bore,
Folded their pale hands so read more
They, the holy ones and weakly,
Who the cross of suffering bore,
Folded their pale hands so meekly,
Spake with us on earth no more!
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.
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.
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men read more
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.
What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.
I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.
The only way to be happy is to love to suffer.
The only way to be happy is to love to suffer.
To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, read more
To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy, one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness.
We have suffered lightly, if we have suffered what we should weep
for.
[Lat., Levia perpessi sumus
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We have suffered lightly, if we have suffered what we should weep
for.
[Lat., Levia perpessi sumus
Si flenda patimur.]
