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Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.
William Wordsworth
And mighty poets in their misery dead.




Kate Chopin
There was no despondency when she fell asleep that night; nor was there hope when she awoke in the morning.
King of England John
Here I and sorrows sit;
Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it.
William Blake | Sadness Quotes
The busy bee has no time for sorrow.
Edward Young
Woes cluster. Rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other’s heel.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Ah, woe is me! Winter is come and gone,
But grief returns with the revolving year.
Guy de Maupassant
Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.
Sue Monk Kidd
It is the peculiar nature of the world to go on spinning no matter what sort of heartbreak is happening.
Anthony Burgess | Sadness Quotes
She sank again into the salty water...into the delicious warm brine-tasting depths of her grief.




Sophocles
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
Tony Snow
Play that funky music white girl.
Joseph Addison
Why wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer
Imaginary ills, and fancy'd tortures?
P. G. Wodehouse
There is enough sadness in life without having fellows like Gussie Fink-Nottle going about in sea boots.
George Eliot | Sadness Quotes
Childhood has no forebodings; but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow.
Billy Sunday
The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow.
James Howell
To have gold brings fear; to have none brings grief.
Vanna Bonta
Joy and Sorrow have as source the very soul who planned their course.
Eleanor Roosevelt
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?


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