Meaning of “We are troubled on every side, yet not…”

Opening of The American Crisis No. I; Paine addresses perseverance during a difficult stage of the American Revolution.

The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, saying 595, D. Lyman Jr. translation (1856).

The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, saying 586, D. Lyman Jr. translation (1856).

Stickeen; Muir says this while attempting a dangerous glacier crossing, tying the line to immediate physical risk rather than abstract motivational language.

Memories and Portraits, in Stevenson’s reflection on graves and failed lives; Project Gutenberg #381. The sentence is literary commemoration, not a claim that every defeat is heroic.

Measure for Measure, Act III, Scene I, Claudio to the disguised Duke. The scan-backed 1910 Methuen facsimile transcription of the 1623 First Folio reads “The miserable haue no other medicine / But onely hope” as Claudio awaits possible execution. The line remains fictional speech under threat of death, not medical treatment guidance or a guarantee that hope resolves suffering.