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Sadness Quotes - random


Georges Simenon | Sadness Quotes
Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. I don't think an artist can ever be happy.
Robert Burns
In durance vile here must I wake and weep,
And all my frowsy couch in sorrow steep.
Emil Cioran
Woe to the book you can read without constantly wondering about the author!




Kenzaburo Oe
The writer’s job is the job of a clown …the clown who also talks about sorrow.
Alexander Pope
Who ne'er knew joy but friendship might divide,
Or gave his father grief but when he died.
William Blake | Sadness Quotes
The busy bee has no time for sorrow.
Vernon Howard
All heartache is caused by wrong viewpoints.
Bion of Borysthenes
How stupid it was for the king to tear out his hair in grief, as if baldness were a cure for sorrow.
Robert Burton
To these crocodile tears they will add sobs, fiery sighs, and sorrowful countenance.
Julian of Norwich
We are kept all as securely in Love in woe as in weal, by the Goodness of God.
Arthur Symons | Sadness Quotes
I have laid sorrow to sleep;
Love sleeps.
She who oft made me weep
Now weeps.




John Dryden
The soft complaining flute,
In dying notes, discovers
The woes of hopeless lovers.
Blaise Pascal
Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. 122
Sue Monk Kidd
It is the peculiar nature of the world to go on spinning no matter what sort of heartbreak is happening.
George Wither
Hang sorrow! care will kill a cat,
And therefore let ’s be merry.
Thomas Aquinas | Sadness Quotes
Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.
Erica Jong
Friends love misery... our misery is what endears us to our friends.
Gautama Buddha
Desire is the cause for all your sickness and misery.
Conor Oberst
Well, if you die... that's a bummer...
Anthony Burgess
"The scientific approach to life is not necessarily appropriate to states of visceral anguish."


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