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Sadness Quotes - random


Lord Byron | Sadness Quotes
Lord of himself,—that heritage of woe!
Becky Stark
In sorrow there is no rhyme.
Edward Gibbon
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.




King of England John
Here I and sorrows sit;
Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it.
Harry S. Truman
It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.
Labour itself is but a sorrowful song,
The protest of the weak against the strong.
Robert Burns
Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure
Thrill the deepest notes of woe.
Antonio Porchia
Sometimes I find that misery is so vast that I am afraid of needing it.
Emil Cioran
Philosophy offers an antidote to melancholy. And many still believe in the depth of philosophy!
Rollo May
Depression is the inability to construct a future.
Jean de La Bruyere | Sadness Quotes
Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.




John Fletcher
Drink today, and drown all sorrow;
You shall perhaps not do't tomorrow.
Herbert Hoover
I’m the only person of distinction who’s ever had a depression named for him.
Thomas Malthus
To prevent the recurrence of misery is, alas! beyond the power of man.
Edward de Bono
Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
Oscar Wilde | Sadness Quotes
Where there is sorrow there is holy ground.
James Howell
To have gold brings fear; to have none brings grief.
David Harvey (geographer)
The accumulation of capital and misery go hand in hand, concentrated in space.
Richard Albrecht
Some die with their boots on, some die of cancer, but most lefties die of their broken hearts.
John Updike
She closes her eyes and wordlessly thinks of all the misery sex has caused the world...


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