Sadness Quotes - random
Aristotle said melancholy men of all others are most witty.
I am tired of 'the fine art of unhappiness'.
I REASON, earth is short,
And anguish absolute.
And many hurt;
But what of that?
Resolve to be thyself; and know, that he
Who finds himself, loses his misery.
Can princes born in palaces be sensible of the misery of those who dwell in cottages?
Out of my own great woe
I make my little songs.
Man was made for joy and woe,
And when this we rightly know
Through the world we safely go.
... of all the aspects of social misery nothing is so heartbreaking as unemployment ...
Any mind that is capable of a real sorrow is capable of good.
Water has its moods, flowing or still; it can lure you like a lover, or look as bleak as a broken heart.
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
There is no sorrow like a love denied
Nor any joy like love that has its will.
The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself.
In the first days
Of my distracting grief, I found myself
As women wish to be who love their lords.
They who have steeped their souls in prayer
Can every anguish calmly bear.
By mourning tongues
The death of the poet was kept from his poems.
Certain people compared us, I've been mourning the fact that it would have been great to sing a duet.
A heart without music is like beauty without melancholy.
Despondency is not religion, whatever else it may be.
Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.