Frame of mind Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

Man is more himself, man is more manlike, when Joy is the fundamental thing in him, and Grief the superficial. Melancholy should be an…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, and the pleasure taken…

— Emile Durkheim

“Melancholy is an intimate aspect of human nature, while depression, like any other illness, creates fear and perplexity. Melancholy can displayed, depression is usually…

— Karin Johannisson

Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.

— Victor Hugo

Man is more himself, man is more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing in him, and grief the superficial.

— Lord Chesterfield

Many men are melancholy by hearing music, but it is a pleasing melancholy that it causeth; and therefore to such as are discontent, in…

— Robert Burton

“There were so many different moods and impressions that he wished to express in verse. He felt them within him. He tried to weigh…

— James Joyce

Melancholy is a sensual pleasure that is deliberately provoked. How many people shut themselves away to make themselves sadder, or to weep beside a…

— Gustave Flaubert

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad.

— Victor Hugo

Melancholy is a state that I very much enjoy being in, actually. It's not the same as feeling sad. It's a more complex emotion;…

— Johann Johannsson

Melancholy is ... the most legitimate of all the poetical tones.

— Edgar Allan Poe

The eyes of the cheerful and of the melancholy man are fixed upon the same creation; but very different are the aspects which it…

— Albert Pike