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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.
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.
Pain is weakness leaving the body.
Pain is weakness leaving the body.
Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain.
Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain.
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.
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.
Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others pain And perish read more
Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others pain And perish in our own.
When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
