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Can princes born in palaces be sensible of the misery of those who dwell in cottages?
Jeff Buckley
Certain people compared us, I've been mourning the fact that it would have been great to sing a duet.
Matthew Arnold
Resolve to be thyself; and know, that he
Who finds himself, loses his misery.




Georges Simenon
Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. I don't think an artist can ever be happy.
Denise Levertov
I am tired of 'the fine art of unhappiness'.
Charles Lamb | Sadness Quotes
The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet Street.
Becky Stark
In sorrow there is no rhyme.
Peter Greenaway
Nun 1: Sir, it is only a play... with music. Do not distress yourself.
Abbie Hoffman
Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Those eyes the greenest of things blue
The bluest of things grey.
Robert Herrick | Sadness Quotes
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.




Paulo Coelho
Even if loving meant leaving, or solitude, or sorrow, love was worth every penny of its price.
Theodore Kaczynski
Consistent failure to attain goals throughout life results in defeatism, low self-esteem or depression.
Erica Jong
Friends love misery... our misery is what endears us to our friends.
Herbert Hoover
Economic depression can not be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement.
Harry S. Truman | Sadness Quotes
It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.
They who have steeped their souls in prayer
Can every anguish calmly bear.
Thomas Malthus
To prevent the recurrence of misery is, alas! beyond the power of man.
Wystan Hugh Auden
By mourning tongues
The death of the poet was kept from his poems.
Jose Marti
Man needs to suffer. When he does not have real griefs he creates them. Griefs purify and prepare him.


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