What did William Ernest Henley mean by: Men may scoff, and men may pray, But they pay Every pleasure with a pain. - William Ernest Henley Poet · England Copy
+ Night with her train of stars And her great gift of sleep. Feraz Zeid, October 17, 2023December 26, 2023, William Ernest Henley, Night, Sleep, Stars, 0 - William Ernest Henley Poet · England
+ Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Ernest Henley, Chance, Statistics, 0 - William Ernest Henley Poet · England
+ beyond this place of wrath and tears looms but the horror of the shade Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, William Ernest Henley, Tears, Wrath, 0 - William Ernest Henley Poet · England
+ Life – life – let there be life! Feraz Zeid, August 5, 2023December 12, 2023, William Ernest Henley, 0 - William Ernest Henley Poet · England
+ So many are the deaths we die Before we can be dead indeed. Feraz Zeid, July 10, 2023December 12, 2023, William Ernest Henley, Death, Die, 0 - William Ernest Henley Poet · England
+ Who but knows How it goes! Life’s a last year’s Nightingale, Love’s a last year’s rose. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Ernest Henley, 0 - William Ernest Henley Poet · England
+ I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. Feraz Zeid, October 7, 2023December 26, 2023, William Ernest Henley, Atheism, Fear, Soul, 0 - William Ernest Henley Poet · England
+ And lo, the Hospital, gray, quiet, old, Where life and death like friendly chafferers meet. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Ernest Henley, Friendly, Life And Death, Medical, 0 - William Ernest Henley Poet · England
A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it. - Michelangelo Artist · Italy
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. - Walter Bagehot Economist and journalist · England
Pain is unjust, and all the arguments That cannot soothe it only rouse suspicion. - Jean Racine Playwright · France
Most people aren’t cut out for value investing, because human nature shrinks from pain. - Jean-Marie Eveillard
God instructs the heart, not by ideas but by pains and contradictions. - Jean-Pierre de Caussade Priest · France
