--- title: "12 Comes Suffering Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 12 Comes Suffering quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Comes Suffering sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a04/aeschylus-749_comes_wisdom-comes-alone-through-suffering-140_1406819.png" --- > [Wisdom comes alone through suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/wisdom-comes-alone-through-suffering/) [Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a04/aeschylus-749_comes_wisdom-comes-alone-through-suffering-140_1406819.png) > [“men's great knowledge comes from suffering.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davey/men-s-great-knowledge-comes-from-suffering/) [Davey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0f/davey-68283_great-knowledge_men-s-great-knowledge-comes-from-sufferi_506628.jpg) > [True knowledge comes only through suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/true-knowledge-comes-only-through-suffering/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69a/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_adversity_true-knowledge-comes-only-through-suffer_2186916.png) > [“ Wisdom comes through suffering or old age. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lesley-pearse/wisdom-comes-through-suffering-or-old-age/) [Lesley Pearse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lesley-pearse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3e/lesley-pearse-40236_age_wisdom-comes-through-suffering-or-old-ag_16241.jpg) > [“Wisdom not only comes with suffering: when it comes, it is radically unusable. (Brooks' comment on the Oedipus tragedy)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-brooks/wisdom-not-only-comes-with-suffering-when-it-comes-it-is-radically/) [Peter Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/396/peter-brooks-85870_suffering_wisdom-not-only-comes-with-suffering-whe_416547.jpg) > [Sometimes wisdom comes from suffering, and sometimes suffering comes from wisdom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-miller/sometimes-wisdom-comes-from-suffering-and-sometimes-suffering-comes/) [Ryan Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06a/ryan-miller-34303_sometimes_sometimes-wisdom-comes-from-suffering-an_1341852.jpg) > [“So many people suffer because they choose to suffer. Pain comes to us all, but suffering is a choice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-squires/so-many-people-suffer-because-they-choose-to-suffer-pain-comes-to-us/) [E.J. Squires](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-squires/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec6/e-j-squires-45009_pain_so-many-people-suffer-because-they-choos_1993151.jpg) > [Chorus: Zeus, who guided men to think who laid it down that wisdom comes alone through suffering. Still there drips in sleep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/chorus-zeus-who-guided-men-to-think-who-laid-it-down-that-wisdom/) [Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43b/aeschylus-749_chorus_chorus-zeus-who-guided-men-to-think-who_2139933.jpg) > [“Our existence comes with Death. And it comes with suffering, death alone is not enough and pleasure have consequences. wicked and fucked.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ira-n-barin/our-existence-comes-with-death-and-it-comes-with-suffering-death/) [Ira N. Barin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ira-n-barin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5df/ira-n-barin-57400_bitterness_our-existence-comes-with-death-and-it-co_2855965.jpg) > [Culture in America and everywhere else comes from the suffering, from those who don't want the old ways. They want to bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-simmons/culture-in-america-and-everywhere-else-comes-from-the-suffering-from/) [Russell Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-simmons/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/russell-simmons-900_america_culture-in-america-and-everywhere-else-c_168162.png) > [Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain, Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep, So men against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/wisdom-comes-through-suffering-trouble-with-its-memories-of-pain/) [Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/aeschylus-749_favour_wisdom-comes-through-suffering-trouble-w_671341.png) > [“According to Islam, whenever we are struck by illness or misfortune or someone hurts us, there is a higher purpose behind it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristiane-backer/according-to-islam-whenever-we-are-struck-by-illness-or-misfortune-or/) [Kristiane Backer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristiane-backer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/188/kristiane-backer-20317_bright-side_according-to-islam-whenever-we-are-struc_1364082.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comes-suffering/#itemlist", "name": "Comes Suffering Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Wisdom comes alone through suffering.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Aeschylus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/wisdom-comes-alone-through-suffering/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a04/aeschylus-749_comes_wisdom-comes-alone-through-suffering-140_1406819.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a04/aeschylus-749_comes_wisdom-comes-alone-through-suffering-140_1406819.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a04/aeschylus-749_comes_wisdom-comes-alone-through-suffering-140_1406819.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Wisdom comes alone through suffering.” — Aeschylus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“men's great knowledge comes from suffering.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Davey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davey/men-s-great-knowledge-comes-from-suffering/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0f/davey-68283_great-knowledge_men-s-great-knowledge-comes-from-sufferi_506628.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0f/davey-68283_great-knowledge_men-s-great-knowledge-comes-from-sufferi_506628.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0f/davey-68283_great-knowledge_men-s-great-knowledge-comes-from-sufferi_506628.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“men's great knowledge comes from suffering.” — Davey", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "True knowledge comes only through suffering.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elizabeth Barrett Browning" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/true-knowledge-comes-only-through-suffering/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69a/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_adversity_true-knowledge-comes-only-through-suffer_2186916.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69a/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_adversity_true-knowledge-comes-only-through-suffer_2186916.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69a/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_adversity_true-knowledge-comes-only-through-suffer_2186916.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“True knowledge comes only through suffering.” — Elizabeth Barrett Browning", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“ Wisdom comes through suffering or old age. ”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lesley Pearse" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lesley-pearse/wisdom-comes-through-suffering-or-old-age/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3e/lesley-pearse-40236_age_wisdom-comes-through-suffering-or-old-ag_16241.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3e/lesley-pearse-40236_age_wisdom-comes-through-suffering-or-old-ag_16241.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3e/lesley-pearse-40236_age_wisdom-comes-through-suffering-or-old-ag_16241.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Wisdom comes through suffering or old age.” — Lesley Pearse", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Wisdom not only comes with suffering: when it comes, it is radically unusable. 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