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Lamentation Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
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- Every class of society has its cant of lamentation, which is understood or regarded by none but themselves; and every part of… — 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
- Every man may be observed to have a certain strain of lamentation, some peculiar theme of complaint on which he dwells in… — Samuel Johnson
- Refraining from all evil, not clinging to birth and death, working in deep compassion for all sentient beings, respecting those over you… — Dogen
- There was much woe and lamentation in the seventies that the game was dying. — John Thorn
- Great were the lamentation and the cry when the news of this mischance was noised about the city. Such a tumult of… — Marie de France
- If the purpose of lamentation be to excite pity, it is surely superfluous for age and weakness to tell their plaintive stories;… — 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… — Khalil Gibran