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John Pomfret | Sadness Quotes
We bear it calmly, though a ponderous woe,
And still adore the hand that gives the blow.
Menander
Riches cover a multitude of woes.
Richard Henry Stoddard
Joy may be a miser,
But Sorrow’s purse is free.




George Herbert
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
William Mountford
When we feel how God was in our sorrows, we shall trust the more blessedly that He will be in our deaths.
Kate Chopin | Sadness Quotes
There was no despondency when she fell asleep that night; nor was there hope when she awoke in the morning.
John Logan
Thou hast no sorrow in thy song,
No winter in thy year.
William Blake
Man was made for joy and woe,
And when this we rightly know
Through the world we safely go.
Rita Rudner
My mother is such a lousy cook that Thanksgiving at her house is a time of sorrow.
Theodore Kaczynski
Consistent failure to attain goals throughout life results in defeatism, low self-esteem or depression.
Herbert Hoover | Sadness Quotes
I’m the only person of distinction who’s ever had a depression named for him.




Kenzaburo Oe
The writer’s job is the job of a clown …the clown who also talks about sorrow.
One of the advantages of a great sorrow is that nothing else seems painful.
Marc Maron
The only difference between disappointment and depression is your level of commitment.
George Ade
She was a soprano of the kind often used for augmenting grief at a funeral.
Dante Alighieri | Sadness Quotes
Nessun maggior dolore
Che ricordarsi del tempo felice
Nella miseria.
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Margaret, are you grieving
Over Goldengrove unleaving?
Jean de La Bruyere
Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.
William Cowper
Misery still delights to trace
Its semblance in another's case.
William Cowper
Absence of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.


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