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Those eyes the greenest of things blue
The bluest of things grey.
Henry Lawson
Old Mathews drank to drown sorrow, which is the strongest swimmer in the world.
James Howell
To have gold brings fear; to have none brings grief.




Herb Caen
Parking is such street sorrow.
Kenzaburo Oe
The writer’s job is the job of a clown …the clown who also talks about sorrow.
Vernon Howard | Sadness Quotes
All heartache is caused by wrong viewpoints.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself.
Jesus Christ
My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
Emil Cioran
Philosophy offers an antidote to melancholy. And many still believe in the depth of philosophy!
David Lynch
It's such a sadness that you think you've seen a film on your fucking telephone. Get real.
Sophocles | Sadness Quotes
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.




Anthony Burgess
"The scientific approach to life is not necessarily appropriate to states of visceral anguish."
Sri Yukteswar Giri
Remember that finding God will mean the funeral of all sorrows.
Antonio Porchia
Yes, I’ll move away. I’d rather sorrow over your absence than over you.
Paul Eluard
Farewell sadness good day sadness you are inscribed in the lines of the ceiling.
Christianity has made martyrdom sublime, and sorrow triumphant.
Rutherford B. Hayes
The melancholy thing in our public life is the insane desire to get higher.
Ambrose Bierce
Happiness, n. An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
Henry Howard
And thus I see among these pleasant things
Each care decays, and yet my sorrow springs!
Arthur Symons
I have laid sorrow to sleep;
Love sleeps.
She who oft made me weep
Now weeps.


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