"we have to suffer mosquitoes the size of blackbirds."
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"The suffering man ought really to consume his own smoke; there is no good in emitting smoke till you have made it into fire."
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"I am myself an empiric in natural philosophy, suffering my faith to go no further than my facts. I am pleased, however, to see the efforts of hypothetical speculation, because by the collisions of different hypotheses, truth may be elicited and science advanced in the end."
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"If we suffer ourselves to be frightened from our post by mere lying, surely the enemy will use that weapon; for what one so cheap to those of whose system of politics morality makes no part?"
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"Suffering dispels the illusion that we have the strength and competence to rule our own lives and save ourselves."
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"Christmas means Jesus came down and got involved in suffering. He hears your cries."
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"If his suffering did not make Jesus give up on us, nothing will."
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"Suffering does not discriminate."
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"I suffer a lot with nerves and stage fright."
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"I feel compassionate, because I know [students] all have to go down this road of suffering and it's going to be tough."
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"[A pariah is] something like a martyr with more suffering and less class."
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"Today we live in a society suffering from ethical rickets."
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"Truly human leadership protects an organization from the internal rivalries that can shatter a culture. When we have to protect ourselves from each other, the whole organization suffers. But when trust and cooperation thrive internally, we pull together and the organization grows stronger as a result."
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"Marriage is traditionally the destiny offered to women by society. Most women are married or have been, or plan to be or suffer from not being."
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"Why is Form beautiful? Because, I think, it helps us confront our worst fear: the suspicion that life may be chaos and that therefore our suffering is without meaning."
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"From suffering that has been/ Decreed no man will ever find escape"
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"Count no mortal fortunate till he has departed this life free from pain."
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"Deem no man happy until he passes the edo fhis life without suffering grief."
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"Suffering is a product of limited knowledge."
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"In the East they say suffering is avoidable and not necessary. Life is bliss! You know why? This is because wisdom, yoga and meditation are ways to avoid suffering which has not yet come."
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