Homer Quotes About Suffering
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Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.
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Nothing feebler than a man does the earth raise up, of all the things which breathe and move on the earth, for he believes that he will never suffer evil in the future, as long as the gods give him success and he flourishes in his strength; but when the blessed gods bring sorrows too to pass, even these he bears, against his will, with steadfast spirit, for the thoughts of earthly men are like the day which the father of gods and men brings upon them.
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The melancholy joys of evils pass'd, For he who much has suffer'd, much will know.
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A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time
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The lot of man-to suffer and die.
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If you serve too many masters, you'll soon suffer.
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Bear patiently, my heart, for you have suffered heavier things.
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