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18 Proverbs about Suffering



1. Experience purchased by suffering teaches wisdom.. Latin Proverb. Experience purchased by suffering teaches wisdom.
Latin Proverb

2. How great the sufferings we endure.. Latin Proverb. How great the sufferings we endure.
Latin Proverb

3. Suffering and patience, obedience and application, help the lowly born to honour.. Danish Proverb. Suffering and patience, obedience and application, help the lowly born to honour.
Danish Proverb

4. If a dog offers to help you across the river, don't ask if he is suffering from the mange.. Arab Proverb. If a dog offers to help you across the river, don't ask if he is suffering from the mange.
Arab Proverb

5. Look not at thieves eating meat, but look at them suffering punishment.. Chinese Proverb. Look not at thieves eating meat, but look at them suffering punishment.
Chinese Proverb

6. The main thing is that we can smile at our duties -- yes even at our suffering.. Chinese Proverb. The main thing is that we can smile at our duties -- yes even at our suffering.
Chinese Proverb

7. A man who is afraid of suffering suffers from fear itself.. French Proverb. A man who is afraid of suffering suffers from fear itself.
French Proverb

8. He that parts with his property before his death prepares himself for much suffering.. French Proverb. He that parts with his property before his death prepares himself for much suffering.
French Proverb

9. Only through suffering and sorrow do we acquire the wisdom not found in books.. Japanese Proverb. Only through suffering and sorrow do we acquire the wisdom not found in books.
Japanese Proverb

10. The chickens have come home to roost. You're suffering the consequences now.. Spanish Proverb. The chickens have come home to roost. You're suffering the consequences now.
Spanish Proverb

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