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Sorrow Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- 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…
- There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow.
- There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow, but there is something in it so like virtue, that he who is wholly without it…
- To have gold is to be in fear, and to want it to be sorrow.
- I would advise you Sir, to study algebra, if you are not already an adept in it: your head would be less muddy, and you…
- Sorrow is a kind of rust of the soul, which every new idea contributes in its passage to scour away. It is the putrefaction of…
- Sir, sorrow is inherent in humanity. As you cannot judge two and two to be either five, or three, but certainly four, so, when comparing…
- For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents irreparable, and dwells upon objects that have lost or changed…
- But though it cannot be reasonable not to gain happiness for fear of losing it, yet it must be confessed, that in proportion to the…
- 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…
- Surely nothing is more reproachful to a being endowed with reason, than to resign its powers to the influence of the air, and live in…
- The poor and the busy have no leisure for sentimental sorrow.
- Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
- For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents irreparable, and dwells upon objects that have lost or changed…
- For sorrow there is no remedy
More Sorrow Quotes
- Here I and sorrows sit; Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it. — William Shakespeare
- On the whole, I would bid you stand up to your work, whatever it may be, and not be afraid of it;… — Thomas Carlyle
- Music can minister to minds diseased, pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, raze out the written troubles of the brain, and… — William Shakespeare
- Each of us will taste the bitter ashes of life, from sin and neglect to sorrow and disappointment. But the atonement of… — Bruce C. Hafen
- What a strange power the perception of beauty is! It seems to ebb and flow like some secret tide, independent alike of… — A. C. Benson
- It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it. — Amelia Barr
- There is no corner too quiet, or too far away, for a woman to make sorrow in it. — Amelia Barr
- Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of… — Dirk Benedict