Lamentation Quotes

23 quotes by 19 authors

Every class of society has its cant of lamentation, which is understood or regarded by none but themselves; and every part of life has its… — Samuel Johnson
When one has lost a friend one's eyes should be neither dry nor streaming. Tears, yes, there should be, but not lamentation. — Seneca the Younger
If the purpose of lamentation be to excite pity, it is surely superfluous for age and weakness to tell their plaintive stories; for pity presupposes… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Humanity looks upon Jesus the Nazarene as a poor-born Who suffered misery and humiliation with all of the weak. And He is pitied, for Humanity… — Khalil Gibran
We are born into a realm of constant change. Everything is decaying. We are continually losing all that we come in contact with. Our tendency… — Noah Levine
The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment. It is commonly observed, that among soldiers and seamen, though there is much kindness, there is… — Samuel Johnson
Moderate lamentation is the right of the dead, excessive grief the enemy to the living. — William Shakespeare
Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice — Albert Schweitzer
Wailing and lamentation befit those who stand before the throne of life and depart without leaving in its hands a drop of the sweat of… — Khalil Gibran
Jerusalem is a festival and a lamentation. Its song is a sigh across the ages, a delicate, robust, mournful psalm at the great junction of… — David K. Shipler
There is not any advantage to be won from grim lamentation. — Homer
Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation. Why? Because I fly hither and thither, living in the mouths of me. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every man may be observed to have a certain strain of lamentation, some peculiar theme of complaint on which he dwells in his moments of… — Samuel Johnson
What is the noble truth of suffering? Birth is suffering, ageing is suffering and sorrow and lamentation, pain, grief and despair are suffering. — Gautama Buddha
Refraining from all evil, not clinging to birth and death, working in deep compassion for all sentient beings, respecting those over you and pitying those… — Dogen
Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter -- to all these music gives voice, but in such a way that we are transported from the world of… — Albert Schweitzer
Of four infernal rivers that disgorge/ Into the burning Lake their baleful streams;/Abhorred Styx the flood of deadly hate,/Sad Acheron of sorrow, black and deep;/Cocytus,… — John Milton
This day I ceased to plead. I was no longer capable of lamentation. On the contrary, I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God… — Elie Wiesel
There is no harm in patience, and no profit in lamentation. Death is easier to bear (than) that which precedes it, and more severe than… — Abu Bakr
There was much woe and lamentation in the seventies that the game was dying. — John Thorn

Who Wrote These Lamentation Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 23 Lamentation Quotes as follows: