Sadness Quotes - random
Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.
Thou hast been called, O sleep! the friend of woe;
But ’tis the happy that have called thee so.
Melancholy redeems this universe, and yet it is melancholy that separates us from it.
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.
When one with honeyed words but evil mind
Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.
I was not always a man of woe.
It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.
I regard [religion] as a disease born of fear and as a source of untold misery to the human race.
Desire is the cause for all your sickness and misery.
Woes cluster. Rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other’s heel.
Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee;
When thou art old there’s grief enough for thee.
Philosophy offers an antidote to melancholy. And many still believe in the depth of philosophy!
Play that funky music white girl.
Vague a l'ame — melancholy yearning for the end of the world.
To prevent the recurrence of misery is, alas! beyond the power of man.
Those that have wealth must be watchful and wary,
Power, alas! naught but misery brings!
This grief is crowned with consolation.
A heart without music is like beauty without melancholy.
Man was made for joy and woe,
And when this we rightly know
Through the world we safely go.