Discontent Quote by Robert Burton

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

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad.

— Victor Hugo

Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.

— Victor Hugo

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 most legitimate of all the poetical tones.

— Edgar Allan Poe

Melancholy can be overcome only by melancholy.

— Robert Burton

“Melancholy isn’t always a disorder that needs to be cured. It can be a species of intelligent grief which arises when we come face-to-face…

— Alain de Botton

“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

There is a melancholy which accompanies all enthusiasm.

— Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

I tend to want to listen to melancholy music, but sometimes if you're feeling too sad, you can't.

— Kim Gordon

Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness.

— Italo Calvino

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