Bruno Quote by Finn Fordham

“La tristesse durera toujours. [ The sadness will last forever. ]”

— Vincent van Gogh

“For sadness and gladness live within us side by side, almost inseparable; the one succeeding the other with an elusive, unappreciable swiftness.”

— Maxim Gorky

“No joy, no communion, no love. Only where there is disillusionment and depression and sorrow does happiness arise; without the despair of loss, there…

— Haruki Murakami

“I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in French it means…

— Deborah Levy

“The observation of the numerous misfortunes that attend all conditions forbids us to grow insolent upon our present enjoyments, or to admire a man's…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Adieu Tristesse Bonjour Tristesse Farewell Sadness Hello Sadness You are inscribed in the lines on the ceiling You are inscribed in the eyes that…

— Paul Éluard

“Text of bliss: the text that imposes a state of loss, the text that discomforts (perhaps to the point of a certain boredom), unsettles…

— Roland Barthes

“true happiness is the contentment of soul, and the joy of inner heart.”

— Flora D

“Happiness is something that just happens because of the arrangement of circumstances, but joy endures in spite of circumstances.”

— John Hunter

“As contraries are known by contraries, so is the delights of presence best known by the torments of absence.”

— Alcibiades

“Happiness is seeing blessings in disguise, beauty under camouflage, and love amid conflict.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Be joyful in tribulations.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita