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Can princes born in palaces be sensible of the misery of those who dwell in cottages?
David Hume
A propensity to hope and joy is real riches: One to fear and sorrow, real poverty.
David Levy
There are three things needed to eliminate human misery. Unfortunately, nobody knows what they are.




Arthur Hugh Clough
Hope conquers cowardice, joy grief;
Or at least, faith unbelief.
Edwin Hubbell Chapin
Christianity has made martyrdom sublime, and sorrow triumphant.
Thomas Henry Huxley | Sadness Quotes
The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
John Updike
[Harry, to Nelson] "Don't forget, there's a Depression coming."
Anthony Burgess
"The scientific approach to life is not necessarily appropriate to states of visceral anguish."
Madame Swetchine
What is resignation? It is putting God between one's self and one's grief.
William R. Alger | Sadness Quotes
God's mills grind slow,
But they grind woe.




George Eliot
Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.
Franz Liszt
Sorrowful and great is the artist's destiny.
Joseph Addison
I will indulge my sorrows, and give way
To all the pangs and fury of despair.
Abbie Hoffman
Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
Albert Schweitzer | Sadness Quotes
The only way out of today's misery is for people to become worthy of each other's trust.
Anton Chekhov
I’m in mourning for my life.
Jean-Paul Sartre
It is certain that we cannot escape anguish, for we are anguish.
Emily Dickinson
I REASON, earth is short,
And anguish absolute.
And many hurt;
But what of that?
Orson Scott Card
You spend your whole life grieving for those who haven’t died yet.


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