The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy! (The best laid schemes of Mice and Men oft go awry, And leave us nothing but grief and pain, For promised joy!) Robert Burns
He who has not first laid his foundations may be able with great ability to lay them afterwards, but they will be laid with trouble to the architect and danger to the building. Niccolo Machiavelli - zobacz
Baloney is the lie laid on so thick you hate it. Blarney is flattery laid on so thin you love it. Fulton J. Sheen - zobacz
Grief is the agony of an instant, the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life. Benjamin Disraeli - zobacz
But pain... seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on regardless. Question is, what glorious moments can you win from life in addition to the pain? Lois McMaster Bujold - zobacz
Knowing that there is worse pain doesn't make present pain hurt any less. Real Live Preacher - zobacz