Sadness Quotes - random
The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.
I REASON, earth is short,
And anguish absolute.
And many hurt;
But what of that?
"The scientific approach to life is not necessarily appropriate to states of visceral anguish."
An hour will come, with pleasure to relate
Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
D'uomo ? il fallir, ma dal malvagio il buono
Scerne il dolor del fallo.
Tragedy ought really to be a great kick at misery.
Hang sorrow! care will kill a cat,
And therefore let ’s be merry.
The soft complaining flute,
In dying notes, discovers
The woes of hopeless lovers.
Sorrowful and great is the artist's destiny.
Thou hast been called, O sleep! the friend of woe;
But ’tis the happy that have called thee so.
By mourning tongues
The death of the poet was kept from his poems.
My joy, my grief, my hope, my love,
Did all within this circle move!
Since knowledge is but sorrow’s spy,
It is not safe to know.
Hamm: Can there be misery (he yawns) loftier than mine?
Lord of himself,—that heritage of woe!
Thou hast no sorrow in thy song,
No winter in thy year.
The only cure for grief is action.
The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself.
Woes cluster. Rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other’s heel.