“Nothing forces us to knowWhat we do not want to knowExcept pain”

“Wisdom comes through suffering.Trouble, with its memories of pain,Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep,So men against their willLearn to practice moderation.Favours come to us from gods.”

“Only through suffering do we learn”

“There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.”

“There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.”

“The gods! long since they hold us in contempt,Scornful of gifts thus offered by the lost!Why should we fawn and flinch away from doom?”

“In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of pain”