“I wish I was dead,And lay deep in the grave.I've a pain in my head,I wish I was dead.In a coffin of lead-With the Wise and the Brave-I wish I was dead,And lay deep in the grave.” PainWishWiseLaysBraveGravesCoffins Book:Orpheus in Mayfair: And Other Stories and Sketches Source: Orpheus in Mayfair: And Other Stories and Sketches
“There whil'st the world prov'd prodigal of breath, the headless trunks lay prostrated in heaps; this field of funerals sacred unto death, did paint out horror in most hideous shapes: whil'st men unhors'd, horses unmast'red, stray'd, some call'd on those whom they most dearly lov'd, some rag'd, some groan'd, some sigh'd, roar'd, promis'd, pray'd, as blows, falls, faintness, pain, hope, anguish mov'd.” MenWorldWarPainFallFieldsPrayingHorrorShapesRedHorseBreathsSacredLaysPaintBlowFuneralAnguishSighHideousRagsTrunksProdigalsHeadless Author:William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling
“Death is not grievous to me, for I shall lay aside my pains by death. [Lat., Nec mihi mors gravis est posituro morte dolores.]” PainDeathLays Author:Ovid
“In the hands of [God's] children, it is food for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, raiment for the naked. it gives to the traveler and the stranger where to lay his head. By it we may supply the place of a husband to the widow, and of a father to the fatherless. We may be a defense for the oppressed, a means of health to the sick, of ease to them that are in pain. It may be as eyes to the blind, as feet to the lame: yea, a lifter up from the gates of death!” GivingMayMeanChildrenHandsEyePainFatherFeetDrinkHusbandSickBlindLaysStrangerDefenseHungryNakedEaseGatesOppressedTravelerWidowsThirstyLameHands Of GodFatherless Author:John Wesley
“It is hard to know what other way men can come to truth, to lay hold of it, if they do not dig and search for it as for gold and hid treasure; but he that does so, must have much earth and rubbish, before he gets the pure metal; sand, and pebbles, and dross usually lie blended with it, but the gold is nevertheless gold, and will enrich the man that employs his pains to seek and separate it.” IfsKnowsMenWayDoeHardEarthPainLyingHe ManPureGoldLaysTreasureSandMetalsNeverthelessRubbishPebblesDross Book:The Works of John Locke Source: The Works of John Locke
“Inuring children gently to suffer some degrees of pain without shrinking, is a way to gain firmness to their minds, and lay a foundation for courage and resolution in the future part of their lives.” WayMindChildrenPainSufferingDegreesGainsFoundationLaysResolutionShrinkingFirmness Book:Some Thoughts Concerning Education Source: Some Thoughts Concerning Education