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Sadness Quotes - random


Lord Byron | Sadness Quotes
No words suffice the secret soul to show,
For truth denies all eloquence to woe.
Herb Caen
Parking is such street sorrow.
Emil Cioran
Sadness makes you God's prisoner.




William Wordsworth
As high as we have mounted in delight,
In our dejection do we sink as low.
Alexander Pope
Who ne'er knew joy but friendship might divide,
Or gave his father grief but when he died.
Emil Cioran | Sadness Quotes
Philosophy offers an antidote to melancholy. And many still believe in the depth of philosophy!
Thomas Hood
No blessed leisure for love or hope,
But only time for grief.
Alexander Smith
Each time we love,
We turn a nearer and a broader mark
To that keen archer, Sorrow, and he strikes.
Indro Montanelli
Depression is a democratic sickness: it afflicts everyone.
Sri Yukteswar Giri
Remember that finding God will mean the funeral of all sorrows.
D. H. Lawrence | Sadness Quotes
Tragedy ought really to be a great kick at misery.




Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
Robert Burns
Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure
Thrill the deepest notes of woe.
Jose Marti
Man needs to suffer. When he does not have real griefs he creates them. Griefs purify and prepare him.
Edward Young
Woes cluster. Rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other’s heel.
Emil Cioran | Sadness Quotes
Love's great (and sole) originality is to make happiness indistinct from misery.
Pierre de Ronsard
Sorrow is always a companion of pleasure.
Frederick William Robertson
Mourning after an absent God is an evidence of a love as strong, as rejoicing in a present one.
Michel de Montaigne
Writing does not cause misery. It is born of misery.
Sarada Devi
Ordinary human love results in misery. Love for God brings blessedness.


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