| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Pain |
| | | An hour of pain is as long as a day of pleasure. | 1 |
| Great pain and little gain make a man soon weary. | 2 |
| Great pains cause us to forget the small ones. German. | 3 |
| He that is uneasy at ever so little pain is never without some ache. | 4 |
| If pains be a pleasure to you profit will follow. | 5 |
| Let pain deserved without complaint be borne. Dr. Johnson. | 6 |
| Naething is got without pains but dirt and lang nails. | 7 |
| Pain is forgotten when gain comes. | 8 |
| Pain is no longer pain when it is past. | 9 |
| Pain makes even the innocent liars. Publius Syrus. | 10 |
| Pain past is pleasure. | 11 |
| Pains are the wages of ill pleasures. | 12 |
| Pains make the heart golden. German. | 13 |
| There is a pleasure that is born of pain. Owen Meredith. | 14 |
| There is no pain so great that time will not soften. German. | 15 |
| There is no remembrance which time does not obliterate, nor pain which death does not put an end to. Don Quixote. | 16 |
| Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. Dutch. | 17 | | |
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