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There is this difference between the grief of youth and that of old age; youth's burden is lightened by as much of it as another… — O. Henry
Something quite unexpected has happened. It came this morning early. For various reasons, not in themselves at all mysterious, my heart was lighter than it… — C.S. Lewis
I walked a mile with Pleasure; She chattered all the way. But left me none the wiser For all she had to say. I walked… — Robert Browning
Sorrow is my own yard where the new grass flames as it has flamed often before but not with the cold fire that closes round… — William Carlos Williams
All thy old woes shall now smile on thee, and thy pains sit bright on thee. All thy sorrows here shall shine and thy sufferings… — Richard Crashaw
And here am I, budding among the ruins with only sorrow to bite on, as if weeping were a seed and I the earth's only… — Pablo Neruda
Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain — William Shakespeare
Men ought to know that from the brain, and from the brain only, arise our pleasures, joy, laughter and jests, as well as our sorrows,… — Hippocrates
A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the brewer's agent, the… — Thomas Adams
I will instruct my sorrows to be proud; for grief is proud, and makes his owner stoop. — William Shakespeare
Rapture's self is three parts sorrow. — Amy Lowell
We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a little joy, then a sorrow, now a sin, then a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the valley of sorrow, spread your wings. — Susan Sontag
There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own progress… — Samuel Johnson
Nature refuses to sympathize with our sorrow. She seems not to have provided for, but by a thousand contrivances against it. — Henry David Thoreau
This, books can do-nor this alone; they give New views to life, and teach us how to live; They soothe the grieved, the stubborn they… — George Crabbe
In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
EARTH DAY uses one of humanity's great discoveries, the discovery of anniversaries by which, throughout time, human beings have kept their sorrows and their joys,… — Margaret Mead
Most people live dejectedly in worldly joys or sorrows. They sit on the sidelines and do not join the dance. — Soren Kierkegaard
After the clouds, the sunshine; after the winter, the spring; after the shower, the rainbow; for life is a changeable thing. After the night, the… — Helen Steiner Rice
Happiness is yours in the here and now. The painful states of anxiety and loneliness are abolished permanently. Financial affairs are not financial problems. You… — Vernon Howard
We each need to make our lion's roar - to persevere with unshakable courage when faced with all manner of doubts and sorrows and fears… — Jack Kornfield
Gather kittens while you may, Time brings only sorrow; And the kittens of today; Will be old cats tomorrow. — Oliver Herford
My charity is outrage, life my shame; And in that shame still live my sorrow's rage! — William Shakespeare
I think that taking life seriously means something such as this: that whatever man does on this planet has to be done in the lived… — Ernest Becker

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