Sadness Quotes - random
Forget all feuds, and shed one English tear
O'er English dust. A broken heart lies here.
Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
One of the advantages of a great sorrow is that nothing else seems painful.
Man was made for joy and woe,
And when this we rightly know
Through the world we safely go.
Happiness, n. An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
The second office of the government is honorable and easy, the first is but a splendid misery.
Thou hast no sorrow in thy song,
No winter in thy year.
Grief is not productive. It simply represents an inefficiency in accepting change of status.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow.
Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.
There is enough sadness in life without having fellows like Gussie Fink-Nottle going about in sea boots.
The careful pilot of my proper woe.
If the Blues were wine, I'd be drunk all the time. If the Blues Were Wine, 1/2 Precent Blues (1995).
Depression is anger without enthusiasm. - Steven C
The writer’s job is the job of a clown …the clown who also talks about sorrow.
D'uomo ? il fallir, ma dal malvagio il buono
Scerne il dolor del fallo.
Play that funky music white girl.
How stupid it was for the king to tear out his hair in grief, as if baldness were a cure for sorrow.
Philosophy offers an antidote to melancholy. And many still believe in the depth of philosophy!