Joy follows pain

The greater joy is everywhere preceded by the greater pain.

Ubique maius gaudium molestia maiore praeceditur.

Augustine of Hippo – known as Aurelius Augustinus, early Christian theologian and philosopher, one of the four Latin Doctors of Church (354-430), from “Confessions”, Book 8, Chapter 3.8 (“Confessiones”, c. 397/400)