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Sadness Quotes - random


Publilius Syrus | Sadness Quotes
It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
Emily Dickinson
I REASON, earth is short,
And anguish absolute.
And many hurt;
But what of that?
Theodore Kaczynski
Consistent failure to attain goals throughout life results in defeatism, low self-esteem or depression.




Ben Jonson
Hang sorrow! care'll kill a cat.
P. G. Wodehouse
There is enough sadness in life without having fellows like Gussie Fink-Nottle going about in sea boots.
Guy de Maupassant | Sadness Quotes
Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
Ivo Andric
In the journal of my misery, each sorrow competes for the first place in length and strength.
Ringo Starr
Got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues
And you know it don't come easy.
Alfred Bunn
The heart bowed down by weight of woe
To weakest hope will cling.
Robert Burton
All my joys to this are folly
Naught so sweet as melancholy.
Edward Payson | Sadness Quotes
I was never fit to say a word to a sinner, except when I had a broken heart myself.




Richard Henry Stoddard
Joy may be a miser,
But Sorrow’s purse is free.
Herman Melville
In armies, navies, cities, or families, in nature herself, nothing more relaxes good order than misery.
Tori Amos
That is some funky-fresh, pop lockin' shit.
Tony Snow
Play that funky music white girl.
Those eyes the greenest of things blue
The bluest of things grey.
Arthur Hugh Clough
Hope conquers cowardice, joy grief;
Or at least, faith unbelief.
Pythagoras
Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression.
Richard Hovey
There is no sorrow like a love denied
Nor any joy like love that has its will.
Peter Greenaway
Nun 1: Sir, it is only a play... with music. Do not distress yourself.


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