Quote by Emily Dickinson
I like a look of Agony, because I know its true -- men do not sham

I like a look of Agony, because I know its true — men do not sham Convulsion, nor simulate, a Throe — – Emily Dickinson

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Naked I came from my mothers womb, and naked I shall return there. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away blessed be the name of the Lord. – Bible

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It is good for me that I was afflicted that I may learn Thy statutes. Psalms 119:71 – Bible

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Suffering is part of the divine idea. – Henry Ward Beecher

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In default of inexhaustible happiness, eternal suffering would at least give us a destiny. But we do not even have that consolation, and our worst agonies come to an end one day. – Albert Camus

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