"Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Pain, Envy, Happiness, Comparison, Emotion

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"Rejection is a blade to the heart. It's the worst kind of pain."

Toni Sorenson, American Author

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"She was like a wound beneath an old bandage, and he had grown more used to the bandage."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

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"The slightest pain that we have, is the reaction of the pain that we had given. So do what you find comfortable."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

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"An untold story has a weight that can submerge you, sure as a sunken ship at the bottom of the ocean. I learned that. This kind of story, this kind of things kept secrets - they have the power to keep your head in forever, and most of all for yourself."

Deb Caletti, American Author

Pain, Secrets, Story, Depth, Life

"In our instinctive rebellion against pain, we are children again, and demand an active will to wreak our vengeance on."

George Eliot, British Author

Pain, Rebellion, Will, Emotion

"Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

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"A person must face the root cause of their relentless personal pain. Irrespective of whatever bricks buttress our youthful personal philosophy, pain avoidance, and pain therapy are likely two of its foundation stones."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Pain, Cause, Philosophy, Youth

"She'd felt more pain from Nico in their brief connection than she had from her entire legion during the battle against the giant Polybotes."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Pain, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Power

"And she looked upon the mirror that was given as a gift. She hated everything about it, from the circular size of it, to the color, and the wooden frame that held it in place. But mostly, she hated looking at herself. Especially into this one that had a scratch on its glass surface, which would reflect back to her face. And as she looked, it would cut her as the words her father would often say, in telling her she was ugly."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Pain, Self-Esteem, Hurt, Memory

"Failure is information encased in a shell of pain."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Pain, Failure, Truth, Regret, Inspirational

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"Rejection is a blade to the heart. It's the worst kind of pain."

"She was like a wound beneath an old bandage, and he had grown more used to the bandage."

"The slightest pain that we have, is the reaction of the pain that we had given. So do what you find comfortable."

"An untold story has a weight that can submerge you, sure as a sunken ship at the bottom of the ocean. I learned that. This kind of story, this kind of things kept secrets - they have the power to keep your head in forever, and most of all for yourself."

"In our instinctive rebellion against pain, we are children again, and demand an active will to wreak our vengeance on."

"Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self."

"A person must face the root cause of their relentless personal pain. Irrespective of whatever bricks buttress our youthful personal philosophy, pain avoidance, and pain therapy are likely two of its foundation stones."

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"Failure is information encased in a shell of pain."

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"We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves."

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"We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done."

"There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other."

"In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge."