Bereavement Quote by Ambrose Bierce Download Open image “Condole - to show that bereavement is a smaller evil than sympathy.” — Ambrose Bierce ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bereavement Evil Grief Inspirational Shows
Sympathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Sympathy is towards someone else, versus empathy, which is feeling like someone else. — Saschka Unseld Copy Share Image
Sympathy is important, but it rings hollow if not followed by action. — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
Nothing precludes sympathy so much as a perfect indifference to it — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
There are times when sympathy is as necessary as the air we breathe. — Rose Pastor Stokes Copy Share Image
Sympathy is one of the principles most widely rooted in our nature: we rejoice to see ourselves reflected in another; and, perversely enough, we… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
“Such it is for those in the grips of misfortune: declarations of support and sympathy, rather than providing comfort, may merely increase the victim's… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
Sympathy is a shallow stream in the souls of those who have not suffered. — W. Sangster Copy Share Image
Sympathy is what we need not required,and if we do neither one we would become a happy soul. — Kshitiz Sirohi Copy Share Image
OBSESSED, p.p. Vexed by an evil spirit, like the Gadarene swine and other critics. Obsession was once more common than it is now. Arasthus… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it./ Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it)/ At work… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“When we learn to attribute meaning to the events in our lives, we connect with our Higher Purpose, Higher Wisdom, or Source; we become… — Susan Barbara Apollon Copy Share Image
“When we understand the illusory nature of life and the profound power of eternal love, which enables us to create miracles and experience the… — Susan Barbara Apollon Copy Share Image
When you lose your parents, the sadness doesn't go away. It just changes. It hits you sideways sometimes instead of head-on. Like now. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It is the capacity to feel consuming grief and pain and despair that also allows me to embrace love and joy and beauty with… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, there was no getting over it. Sometimes, you lived with the empty place inside of you until you imploded on it, loss as… — Caitlin Kittredge Copy Share Image
Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
I bow in reverence before the emotions of every melted heart....The more intense the delight in their presence, the more poignant the impression of… — James Martineau Copy Share Image
“her skilled use of her body, especially her eyes and hands, when communicating with people enabled millions sense she was a conduit between royalty,… — Tony Walter Copy Share Image
I can remember certain Manchester United defeats the way most people remember family bereavements or great political events. The four-nil drubbing by Barcelona, the… — Tom Dunne Copy Share Image
Farewell is said by the living, in life, every day. It is said with love and friendship, with the affirmation that the memories are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I used to feel afraid of the future, always assuming the worst. But now I've realized that my worst fears have already happened, and… — Elizabeth Berrien Copy Share Image
