Fallen Quote by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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

— Algernon Charles Swinburne

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

“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

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

— Sophie Swetchine

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

Into every life there come the painful, despairing days of adversity and buffeting. There seems to be a full measure of anguish, sorrow, and…

— James E. Faust

Social sorrow loses half its pain.

— Samuel Johnson

This sorrow weighs upon the melancholy souls of those who lived without infamy or praise.

— Dante Alighieri

“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

Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Our culture has become increasingly intolerant of that acute sorrow, that intense mental anguish and deep remorse which may be defined as grief. We…

— Edward Hirsch

The little I have seen of the world teaches me to look upon the errors of others in sorrow, not in anger. When I…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow