Suffer

Famous quotes containing the word suffer:

“To choose a hardship for ourselves is our only defence against that hardship. This is what is meant by accepting suffering.... Those who, by their very nature, can suffer completely, utterly, have an advantage. That is how we can disarm the power of suffering, make it our own creation, our own choice; submit to it. A justification for suicide.”
—Cesare Pavese (1908–1950)

“About the only difference between the poor and the ritch, is this, the poor suffer mizery, while the ritch hav tu enjoy it.”
—Josh Billings [Henry Wheeler Shaw] (1818–1885)

“What though I cannot meet my bills?
What though I suffer toothache’s ills?
What though I swallow countless pills?”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)