Sadness And Sorrow Quotes

• There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow.

  Alfred de Musset

  Sad, Happy, Sorrow

  "Le Saule" by Alfred de Musset,

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• There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.

  Washington Irving

  Love, Marriage, Sympathy

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• Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Life, Happiness, Sad

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  Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Sad, Stay Strong, Tears

  FaceBook post by Gabriel García Márquez from Jun 29, 2011

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• Tears are words the heart can't express

  Gerard Way

  Sad, Heart, Sorrow

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• There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm.

  John H. Vincent

  Sadness, Adversity, Clouds

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 556, 1895.

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• Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.

  Thomas Moore

  Life, Sympathy, Healing

  Thomas Moore (1840). “The Works: Accurately Printed from the Last Original Editions with Critical Notes and a Sketch of His Life”, p.194

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• In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

  William S. Burroughs

  Grief, Sadness, Sentimentality

  "Queer: A Novel". Book by William S. Burroughs, 1985.

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• Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

  Khalil Gibran

  Sad, Wall, Grief

  Khalil Gibran “The New Frontier and Sand and Foam”, Library of Alexandria

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• There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

  Dante Alighieri

  Inspirational, Happiness, Sad

  Dante Alighieri, Stanley Lombardo (2009). “Inferno”, p.26, Hackett Publishing

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• Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Broken Heart, Heartbreak, Heartbroken

  Jean de La Fontaine (2013). “Selected Fables: A Dual-Language Book”, p.75, Courier Corporation

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• For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.

  John Greenleaf Whittier

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Sorrow is one of the vibrations that prove the fact of living.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Sad, Sorrow, Vibrations

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• It's easy to cry when you realize that everyone you love will reject you or die.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Sad, Rejects You, Rejection

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Fight Club”, p.17, Random House

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  When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

  Khalil Gibran

  Moving On, Sympathy, Broken Heart

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.48, Lulu.com

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  You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Happiness, Sad, Being Happy

  Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.180, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.

  Thomas Moore

  Sympathy, Death, Spiritual

  Thomas Moore (1861). “Poetical works”, p.304

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• All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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• Reject your sense of injury, and the injury itself disappears.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Happiness, Sad, Broken Heart

  "Meditations". Book by Marcus Aurelius (circa 170), p. 19, 1995 edition.

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• Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.

  Arthur Koestler

  Motivational, Sad, Death

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• Dying seems less sad than having lived too little.

  Gloria Steinem

  Inspiring, Sad, Death

  Gloria Steinem (2012). “Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions”, p.232, Open Road Media

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• There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know.

  Jean Paul

  Sad, Joy, Sorrow

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• Happiness calls out responsive gladness in others. There is enough sadness in the world without yours ... never doubt the excellence and permanence of what is yet to be. Join the great company of those who make the barren places of life fruitful with kindness.

  Helen Keller

  Happiness, Kindness, Sadness

  Helen Keller (1920). “Out of the Dark: Essays, Lectures, and Addresses on Physical and Social Vision”

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• Sorrow is better than laughter; for, by the sadness of the countenance, the heart is made better.

  Solomon

  Laughter, Heart, Character

  "A new translation of the Proverbs of Solomon, with notes by W. French and G. Skinner".

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• Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.

  William Blake

  Sympathy, Artist, Laughing

  William Blake (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Blake (Illustrated)”, p.202, Delphi Classics

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