Fallen Quote by Algernon Charles Swinburne

When I hear that a personal friend has fallen into matrimonial courses, I feel the same sorrow as if I had heard of his…

— Algernon Charles Swinburne

If they came sorrowing, and wanting sympathy in a complicated trouble like the present, then they would be felt as a shadow in all…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“Although the knowledge that their friends love them and sorrow for them is a great solace, the nearest afflicted must be protected from any…

— Joan Didion

Friendship is like those ancient altars where the unhappy, and even the guilty, found a sure asylum.

— Sophie Swetchine

One does not really feel much grief at other people's sorrows; one tries, and puts on a melancholy face, thinking oneself brutal for not…

— W. Somerset Maugham

I have noticed that after a time of deep sorrow the greatest comfort may come from a person you do not know well.

— Alice Adams

Social sorrow loses half its pain.

— Samuel Johnson

Persecution readily knits friendship between its victims.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“...Having felt the piercing gash of grief and lived through it, having loved to the brink of brokenness, and having learned the difference between…

— Eldonna Edwards

“Just as sorrow in our own lives causes us to withdraw from everyday life and seek comfort in Christ, she too finds an occasion…

— Brian Kennelly

Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.

— Oscar Wilde

Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.

— Oscar Wilde