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“Look, still is the sea and still are the breezes; but the pain in my heart is not still.”
Theocritus ancient greek poet
Idyll 2, lines 38-39
Idylls
“Remember that neither the future nor the past pains thee, but only the present.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
VIII, 36
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VIII
Context: Remember that neither the future nor the past pains thee, but only the present. But this is reduced to a very little, if thou only circumscribest it, and chidest thy mind, if it is unable to hold out against even this.
“I thank God that in the bath of Pain
He purged my love.”
Falk, Act III
Love's Comedy (1862)
Context: I thank God that in the bath of Pain
He purged my love. What strong compulsion drew
Me on I knew not, till I saw in you
The treasure I had blindly sought in vain.
I praise Him, who our love has lifted thus
To noble rank by sorrow, — licensed us
To a triumphal progress, bade us sweep
Thro' fen and forest to our castle-keep,
A noble pair, astride on Pegasus!
“Before we make love, my husband takes a pain killer.”
Joan Rivers (1933–2014) American comedian, actress, and television host
As quoted in R. Byrne, Third and Possibly the Best 637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (1987)
“Who wants to go beyond the Bojador
Must go beyond pain.”
Fernando Pessoa book Mensagem
Poem "Mar Português", Verses 9-10
Message
Original: Quem quer passar além do Bojador
Tem que passar além da dor.
“Only I discern
Infinite passion, and the pain
Of finite hearts that yearn.”
Robert Browning (1812–1889) English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era
Two in the Campagna, xii.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“A world made to be lost, —
A bitter life 'twixt pain and nothing tost.”
William Morris (1834–1896) author, designer, and craftsman
"The Hill of Venus".
The Earthly Paradise (1868-70)
Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author
The Essays Or Counsels, Civil And Moral, Of Francis Ld. Verulam Viscount St. Albans (1625), Of Death
“I would rather remember even if sometimes it can be very painful.”
Giovanni Morassutti (1980) Italian actor, theatre director and cultural entrepreneur.
From the official website
“Disillusionment, pain, unpleasant surprise, all were part of growing up.”
Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) American fiction writer
Source: The Marianne Trilogy, Marianne, the Madame, and the Momentary Gods (1988), Chapter 1 (p. 6)
“All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice.”
Joseph De Maistre (1753–1821) Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer, and diplomat
"Fifth Dialogue," p. 149
St. Petersburg Dialogues (1821)
“If everyone could feel everyone else’s pain, who would torture?”
Octavia E. Butler book Parable of the Sower
Source: Parable of the Sower (1993), p. 115
“As a state, a nation and a citizen, no one will forget our nation’s painful suffering.”
Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (1949) Prime Minister of Vietnam
"PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng’s online talk to Vietnamese people at home and abroad" https://en.baochinhphu.vn/print/pm-nguyen-tan-dungs-online-talk-to-vietnamese-people-at-home-and-abroad-1114491.htm (9 February 2007)
“Your pain doesn't need a diagnosis or a label to be considered valid or real.”
Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/BvZyJikn0_A/
“To avoid pain, people avoid pleasure. To avoid death, they avoid life.”
Rajneesh (1931–1990) Godman and leader of the Rajneesh movement
“Wherever you are, you provoke smiles, union and love, never pain.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: Ovunque siate, provocate sorrisi, unione e amore, mai dolore.
Source: prevale.net
Antonin Scalia (1936–2016) former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Edwards v. Aguillard, 482 U.S. 578 (1987) (dissenting) http://www.belcherfoundation.org/edwards_v_aguillard_dissent.htm <br class="br">Has been misleadingly quoted without Scalia's statements attributing the assertions to witness testimony paragraphs earlier, "Before summarizing the testimony of Senator Keith and his supporters, I wish to make clear that I by no means intend to endorse its accuracy... Senator Keith and his witnesses testified essentially as set forth in the following numbered paragraphs:", as in Michael Stone, " Scalia Commencement Speech Supports Young Earth Creationism http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2015/06/scalia-commencement-speech-supports-young-earth-creationism/" (), Progressive Secular Humanist, Patheos. <br class="br">Misattributed