"Pagan self-assertion" is one of the elements of human worth as well as "Christian self-denial." J. S. Mill.
Pain has its own noble joy, when it kindles a strong consciousness of life, before stagnant and torpid. J. Sterling.
Pain is less subject than pleasure to capricious expression. Johnson.
Pain is so uneasy a sentiment that very little 40 of it is enough to corrupt every enjoyment. Rogers.
Pain is the deepest thing we have in our nature, and union through pain has always seemed more real and holy than any other. Hallam.
Pain is the positive element in life, and pleasure its negation. Schopenhauer.
Pain past is pleasure. Pr.
Pain pays the income of each precious thing. Shakespeare.
Painful for man is rebellious independence 45 when it has become inevitable; only in loving companionship with his fellows does he feel safe; only in reverently bowing down before the Higher does he feel himself exalted. Carlyle.
Pains of love be sweeter far / Than all other pleasures are. Dryden.