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Sadness Quotes - random


One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.
Robert Greene
Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee;
When thou art old there’s grief enough for thee.
Rita Rudner
My mother is such a lousy cook that Thanksgiving at her house is a time of sorrow.




Emil Cioran
Boredom is a larval anxiety; depression, a dreamy hatred.
John Home
In the first days
Of my distracting grief, I found myself
As women wish to be who love their lords.
Willie Dixon | Sadness Quotes
The blues is the roots; everything else is the fruits.
Kenzaburo Oe
The writer’s job is the job of a clown …the clown who also talks about sorrow.
Harry S. Truman
It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.
Frederick William Robertson
Mourning after an absent God is an evidence of a love as strong, as rejoicing in a present one.
Edward de Bono
Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
Blaise Pascal | Sadness Quotes
A mere trifle consoles us, for a mere trifle distresses us. 136




Anonymous
Misery is the fastest breeding substance in the world.
Jean-Paul Sartre
It is certain that we cannot escape anguish, for we are anguish.
George Herbert
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
Joseph Addison
Why wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer
Imaginary ills, and fancy'd tortures?
John Updike | Sadness Quotes
She closes her eyes and wordlessly thinks of all the misery sex has caused the world...
Emily Dickinson
I REASON, earth is short,
And anguish absolute.
And many hurt;
But what of that?
Lord Byron
No words suffice the secret soul to show,
For truth denies all eloquence to woe.
Peter Greenaway
Nun 1: Sir, it is only a play... with music. Do not distress yourself.
Denise Levertov
I am tired of 'the fine art of unhappiness'.


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