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Philosophy offers an antidote to melancholy. And many still believe in the depth of philosophy!
Man was made for joy and woe,
And when this we rightly know
Through the world we safely go.
Each time we love,
We turn a nearer and a broader mark
To that keen archer, Sorrow, and he strikes.
Despondency is not religion, whatever else it may be.
Timbaland: "Madonna's a funky lady, she's up for everything."
In the first days
Of my distracting grief, I found myself
As women wish to be who love their lords.
The joy of love is too short, and the sorrow thereof, and what cometh thereof, dureth over long.
Writing is Crude hieroglyphs chiseled in pain & sorrow to commemorate an event which is intransmissible.
The only way out of today's misery is for people to become worthy of each other's trust.
To prevent the recurrence of misery is, alas! beyond the power of man.
In every pang that rends the heart
The Man of Sorrows had a part.
Aristotle said melancholy men of all others are most witty.
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
I’m in mourning for my life.
Those that have wealth must be watchful and wary,
Power, alas! naught but misery brings!
We are the zanies of sorrow. We are clowns whose hearts are broken.
[Harry, to Nelson] "Don't forget, there's a Depression coming."
Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.
Who ne'er knew joy but friendship might divide,
Or gave his father grief but when he died.
The anguish of the third dimension is given its first verbal manifestation in poetic history in King Lear.