You have dwelt overmuch upon pain. Pain is a swift distress; it ends and is forgotten. Without memory and fear pain is nothing, a contradiction to be heeded, a warning to be taken. Without pain what would life become? Pain is the master only of craven men. It is in man's power to rule it. H.G. Wells
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You have dwelt overmuch upon pain. Pain is a swift distress; it ends and is forgotten. Without memory and fear pain is nothing, a contradiction to be heeded, a warning to be taken. Without pain what would life become? Pain is the master only of craven men.

It is in man's power to rule it. Shakespeare wrote this speech for King Lear in "King Lear". Lear's oldest daughter has been banished and he has asked his daughters to send her back to him.

However, his youngest daughter, Goneril, refuses.

Source: The Undying Fire

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