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And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.

Knowledge by suffering entereth, And life is perfected by Death.

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.

Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.

Ho! why dost thou shiver and shake, Gaffer Grey? And why does thy nose look so blue?

Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.

And taste The melancholy joys of evils pass'd, For he who much has suffer'd, much will know.

Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread.

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!

Have patience and endure; this unhappiness will one day be beneficial.

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.

If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most.

We have suffered lightly, if we have suffered what we should weep for.

Oh, I have suffered With those that I saw suffer!

For there are deeds Which have no form, sufferings which have no tongue.

Those who inflict must suffer, for they see The work of their own hearts, and that must be Our chastisement or recompense.

Can it be, O Christ in heaven, that the holiest suffer most, That the strongest wander furthest, and more hopelessly are lost?

He could afford to suffer With those whom he saw suffer.

Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is not quest without pain; there is no lover who is not also a martyr.