| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Sufferer, Suffering |
| | | Another’s suffering is but skin deep. Modern Greek. | 1 |
| Better to suffer than to do ill. | 2 |
| He that will not suffer evil must never think of preferment. | 3 |
| He who much has suffered much will know. Homer. | 4 |
| He who suffers innocently is in better condition than they who unjustly condemn. Agis. | 5 |
| I would rather be found suffering than doing what is unjust. Phocion. | 6 |
| It is the lot of man to suffer. Benjamin Disraeli. | 7 |
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong. Longfellow. | 8 |
| Many a one suffers for what he cannot help. French. | 9 |
| Of suffering comes ease. | 10 |
| Suffer in order to know; toil in order to have. Spanish. | 11 |
| Suffering is the mother of fools, reason of wise men. | 12 |
| Sufferings are lessons. Greek. | 13 |
| The sufferer becomes a chatterer. Turkish. | 14 |
| We must suffer much or die young. Portuguese. | 15 |
| When another man suffers a piece of wood suffers. Arabian. | 16 |
Who breathes must suffer, and who thinks must mourn,
And he alone is blessed who ne’er was born. Prior. | 17 |
| Whom can we accuse but ourselves for what we suffer. Massinger. | 18 | | |
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