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Suffering Quotes by Plato
- The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.
- And what shall he suffer who slays him who of all men, as they say, is his own best friend? I mean the suicide, who…
- To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.
- O youth or young man, who fancy that you are neglected by the gods, know that if you become worse, you shall go to worse…
- ... the community suffers nothing very terrible if its cobblers are bad and become degenerate and pretentious; but if the Guardians of its laws and…
- Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.
- To do injustice is more disgraceful than to suffer it.
- Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.
- And now I depart hence condemned by you to suffer the penalty of death, and they, too, go their ways condemned by the truth to…
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- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering. — Karen Armstrong
- When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because… — Chinua Achebe
- I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours… — David Attenborough
- If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe,… — Saint Augustine
- God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine
- God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. — Saint Augustine
- One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. — Jane Austen
- Pain is never permanent. — Teresa of Avila
- Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds. — Teresa of Avila