I always liked this quote from Al Swearingen on Deadwood:

Originally Posted By: "Al Swearingen"
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f**king beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back.


For the purposes of the purposes of this forum, one should probably omit the last four words, though. Or interpret them differently than the character intended.