“Pain and death are a part of life. To reject them is to reject life itself.”
“No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.”
“After great pain, a formal feeling comes. The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs.”
“Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain.”
“The injuries we do and the injuries we suffer are seldom weighed on the same scales.”
“Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost, must always end in pain.”
“To banish cares, scare away sorrow and soothe pain is the business of the poet and singer.”
“All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice.”
“Pain dies quickly, and lets her weary prisoners go; the fiercest agonies have shortest reign.”
“The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.”
“Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.''”
“Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.”
“The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain.”
“We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.”
“Pain is such an uncomfortable feeling that even a tiny amount of it is enough to ruin every enjoyment.”
“The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated.”
“All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.”
“The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings.”
“Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others pain And perish in our own.”
“It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.”
“Remember that pain has this most excellent quality. If prolonged it cannot be severe, and if severe it cannot be prolonged.”
“Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.”
“There is no detachment where there is no pain. And there is no pain endured without hatred or lying unless detachment is present too.”
“The art of life is the art of avoiding pain; and he is the best pilot, who steers clearest of the rocks and shoals with which it is beset.”
“Pain was their body's way of telling them that they'd pushed themselves to their limits -- which was exactly where they were supposed to be.”
“Do not undervalue the headache. While it is at its sharpest it seems a bad investment; but when relief begins, the unexpired remainder is worth $4 a minute.”
“The longer the life the more the offense, the more the offense the more the pain, the more the pain the less defense and the less defense the less the gain.”
“They can rule the world while they can persuade us our pain belongs in some order is death by famine worse than death by suicide, than a life of famine and suicide...?”
“This horror of pain is a rather low instinct and... if I think of human beings I've known and of my own life, such as it is, I can't recall any case of pain which didn't, on the whole, enrich life.”
“There is no more lively sensation than that of pain; its impressions are certain and dependable, they never deceive as may those of the pleasure women perpetually feign and almost never experience.”