"He who is sorrowful can force himself to……" — Selma Lagerlöf
"He who is sorrowful can force himself to smile, but he who is glad cannot weep."
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12 Quotes by Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Lagerlöf has 12 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- There isn't much that tastes better than praise from those who are wise and capable.
- It is a strange thing to come home. While yet on the journey, you cannot at all realize how strange…
- No one is able to enjoy such feast than the one who throws a party in his own mind.
- Young horses who cannot bear the whip or spur find life hard. At every smart they start forward and rush…
- There is always a third possibility, as long as you have the ability to find it.
- If dead things love, if earth and water distinguish friends from enemies, I should like to possess their love. I…
- It is often the case with the silent children about us, that they cherish a dream which they dare not…
- Strange, when you ask anyone's advice you see yourself what is right.
- ... I see the green earth covered with the works of man or with the ruins of men’s work. The…
- Have you ever seen a child sitting on its mother’s knee listening to fairy stories? As long as the child…
- Nothing on earth can make up for the loss of one who has loved you.
More Cannot Weep Quotes
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