Sadness Quotes - random
When one with honeyed words but evil mind
Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.
A mere trifle consoles us, for a mere trifle distresses us. 136
"Mourning is a hard business," Cesare said. "If people knew there'd be less death."
My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
Depression is a democratic sickness: it afflicts everyone.
Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
Thou hast no sorrow in thy song,
No winter in thy year.
I was never fit to say a word to a sinner, except when I had a broken heart myself.
Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste.
Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure
Thrill the deepest notes of woe.
All young gentle dreams drowning
In life's grief
Can you hang on to me?
Melancholy
Is not, as you conceive, indisposition
Of body, but the mind's disease.
Unhappiness has nothing to teach, and resignation is ugly.
My mother is such a lousy cook that Thanksgiving at her house is a time of sorrow.
Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach.
The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
And bear about the mockery of woe
To midnight dances and the public show.
Days that need borrow
No part of their good morrow
From a fore-spent night of sorrow.