Mournful Quotes

66 Mournful quotes by 57 unique authors

Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face. Every man deems… — Lydia M. Child
Death ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene. — John Dryden
My opinion of mankind is founded upon the mournful fact that, so far as I can see, they find within themselves the means of believing… — Augustus De Morgan
My grandfather played a mandolin, so I got my hands on that. Then on down to a banjo, and I found I couldn't play any… — Brendan Gleeson
Her vice takes hold of her again, but she still refrains until some moment when, gnawed by some hideous caprice, she comes aground like a… — Jean Lorrain
The sense impressions of one-celled animals are not edited for the brain. This is philosophically interesting in a rather mournful way, since it means that… — Annie Dillard
Blest be those feasts, with simple plenty crowned, Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail Or sigh… — Oliver Goldsmith
In vain would I seek to discover Why sad and mournful am I, My thoughts without ceasing brood over A tale of the time gone… — Heinrich Heine
Fling out, fling out, with cheer and shout, To all the winds of Our Country's Banner! Be every bar, and every star, Displayed in full… — Abraham Coles
When we are thirsty, we drink the white waters of the pool, the sweetness of our mournful childhood. — Georg Trakl
Alas for him who never sees The stars shine through his cypress-trees Who, hopeless, lays his dead away, Nor looks to see the breaking day… — John Greenleaf Whittier
Many years ago in a period commonly know as Next Friday Afternoon, there lived a King who was very Gloomy on Tuesday mornings because he… — Walt Kelly
Let me set my mournful ditty To a merry measure; Thou wilt never come for pity, Thou wilt come for pleasure; Pity then will cut… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield. — Douglas MacArthur
People tell me I look mournful. They say, 'Cheer up, Dan, it's not that bad!' Sometimes I just look into space, which freaks people out.… — Daniel Radcliffe
He stood beneath the white tower, and looked up at it with that mournful expression which his face always carried in repose: for one moment… — Peter Ackroyd
Language, at least, may give up the secrets of life and death, leading us through the maze to the original Word as monster or angel,… — Janet Frame
Quotes about Life Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, and things are… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The leaves of memory seemed to make A mournful rustling in the dark — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The tune was wailing and mournful, almost flagrantly so, and the total effect was of a heartbroken piccolo being parted forever from its bagpipe lover. — Peter S. Beagle
This is a mournful discovery. 1)Those who agree with you are insane 2)Those who do not agree with you are in power. — Philip K. Dick
A thousand times today I've started to open my mouth, started to squeak out, "Can you tell me...? But then I'd look into the front… — Margaret Haddix
Now get some clothes on before the women around here are driven into a frenzy." He gave me a mournful look. "I'm afraid that'll happen… — Richelle Mead
He went in, lean and deadly, and ended the creature with a lightning-fast spike of his blade. It shrieked, likely altering the rest. The death… — Ann Aguirre
Thus violent deeds live after men upon the earth, and traces of war and bloodshed will survive in mournful shapes long after those who worked… — Charles Dickens

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