| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 2002 |
| AUTHOR: | John Patrick (1907 ) |
| QUOTATION: | Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | JOHN PATRICK, The Teahouse of the August Moon, act I, scene i, p. 6 (1957).
These words are spoken by Sakini, an Okinawan, to the audience. They are repeated in act III, scene iii, and at the conclusion of the play. |
| SUBJECTS: | Wisdom | | |
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