“To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.”
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
“In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.”
Source: Man's Search for Meaning
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Variant: I suffer migraines. I do not suffer fools.
Source: We Were Liars