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A wail in the wind is all I hear;
A voice of woe for a lover's loss.
Henry Lawson
Old Mathews drank to drown sorrow, which is the strongest swimmer in the world.
Emil Cioran
If to describe a misery were as easy to live through it!




Kate Chopin
There was no despondency when she fell asleep that night; nor was there hope when she awoke in the morning.
Robert Burns
In durance vile here must I wake and weep,
And all my frowsy couch in sorrow steep.
Denise Levertov | Sadness Quotes
I am tired of 'the fine art of unhappiness'.
Solomon
In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Edwin Hubbell Chapin
Christianity has made martyrdom sublime, and sorrow triumphant.
Marc Maron
The only difference between disappointment and depression is your level of commitment.
Robert Burton
Aristotle said melancholy men of all others are most witty.
Emil Cioran | Sadness Quotes
Woes and wonders of power, that tonic hell, synthesis of poison and panacea.




Richard Henry Stoddard
Joy may be a miser,
But Sorrow’s purse is free.
Thomas Aquinas
Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.
Oliver Goldsmith
Through torrid tracts with fainting steps they go,
Where wild Altama murmurs to their woe.
George Eliot
Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.
Swami Vivekananda | Sadness Quotes
Despondency is not religion, whatever else it may be.
Robert Greene
Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee;
When thou art old there’s grief enough for thee.
Emil Cioran
Love's great (and sole) originality is to make happiness indistinct from misery.
Tori Amos
That is some funky-fresh, pop lockin' shit.
Edward Young
Woes cluster. Rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other’s heel.


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