Accompany Quote by Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad.

— Victor Hugo

Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.

— Victor Hugo

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness

— Nicolas Chamfort

Melancholy is as seductive as Ecstasy.

— Mason Cooley

Improve every opportunity to be melancholy.

— Henry David Thoreau

Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness.

— Italo Calvino

I think every human being has a level of melancholy in life and in general.

— Sandra Bullock

Improve every opportunity tobe melancholy.

— Henry David Thoreau

I'm so involved in melancholy.

— Isaac Mizrahi

When all the thoughts are concerning one thing and the person loses interest in other things, the melancholy begins.

— Carl Linnaeus

Melancholy is ... the most legitimate of all the poetical tones.

— Edgar Allan Poe

Melancholy can be overcome only by melancholy.

— Robert Burton