Sadness Quotes - random - 100+ quotes
By mourning tongues
The death of the poet was kept from his poems.
So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish that he did not only sigh but roar.
The man for wisdom's various arts renown'd,
Long exercised in woes, O Muse! resound.
They who have steeped their souls in prayer
Can every anguish calmly bear.
No blessed leisure for love or hope,
But only time for grief.
In God we trust. The rest must pay cash. (US Depression saying.)
I was never fit to say a word to a sinner, except when I had a broken heart myself.
Genius is sorrow's child.
Old Mathews drank to drown sorrow, which is the strongest swimmer in the world.
The Widow Rowens was now in the full bloom of ornamental sorrow.
And thus I see among these pleasant things
Each care decays, and yet my sorrow springs!
Hope conquers cowardice, joy grief;
Or at least, faith unbelief.
Got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues
And you know it don't come easy.
... of all the aspects of social misery nothing is so heartbreaking as unemployment ...
Trent read and re-read the pitiful message [a suicide note], so full of the awful egotism of grief.
Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee;
When thou art old there’s grief enough for thee.
She closes her eyes and wordlessly thinks of all the misery sex has caused the world...
By mourning tongues
The death of the poet was kept from his poems.
In the first days
Of my distracting grief, I found myself
As women wish to be who love their lords.
Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.