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John Home | Sadness Quotes
In the first days
Of my distracting grief, I found myself
As women wish to be who love their lords.
Henry Howard
And thus I see among these pleasant things
Each care decays, and yet my sorrow springs!
Kate Bush
All young gentle dreams drowning
In life's grief
Can you hang on to me?




They who have steeped their souls in prayer
Can every anguish calmly bear.
Herman Melville
In armies, navies, cities, or families, in nature herself, nothing more relaxes good order than misery.
Robert Greene | Sadness Quotes
Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee;
When thou art old there’s grief enough for thee.
Abraham Lincoln
To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.
Anonymous
Depression is anger without enthusiasm. - Steven C
Denise Levertov
I am tired of 'the fine art of unhappiness'.
Sarada Devi
Ordinary human love results in misery. Love for God brings blessedness.
Vernon Howard | Sadness Quotes
All heartache is caused by wrong viewpoints.




Joseph Addison
A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.
Bion of Borysthenes
How stupid it was for the king to tear out his hair in grief, as if baldness were a cure for sorrow.
John Dryden
The soft complaining flute,
In dying notes, discovers
The woes of hopeless lovers.
George Eliot
Childhood has no forebodings; but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow.
Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.
Joseph Addison
To my confusion, and eternal grief,
I must approve the sentence that destroys me.
Antonio Porchia
Yes, I’ll move away. I’d rather sorrow over your absence than over you.
John Updike
[Harry, to Nelson] "Don't forget, there's a Depression coming."
Jeff Buckley
Certain people compared us, I've been mourning the fact that it would have been great to sing a duet.


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