The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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Line 1184, Second Messenger; one commonly quoted translation is, "The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities".Sophocles
Man needs to suffer. When he does not have real griefs he creates them. Griefs purify and prepare him.
Jose Marti
Know that death comes to everyone, and that wealth will sometimes be acquired, sometimes lost. Whatever griefs mortals suffer by divine chance, whatever destiny you have, endure it and do not complain. But it is right to improve it as much as you can, and remember this: Fate does not give very many of these griefs to good people.
Pythagoras
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
Euripides
My friend, the pleasures to which we are not accustomed oppress us more than the griefs with which we are familiar.
Alexandre Dumas
The creation itself is full of griefs. How can one understand joy if there is no sorrow? And how can everyone be happy at the same time?
Sarada Devi
Sophocles
Sorabji, Kaikhosru Shapurji
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