Death Quote by William Congreve

Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.

— William Congreve

“Married in haste, we repent at leisure.”

— Sally MacKenzie

But mortal bliss will never come sincere; Pleasure may lead, but grief blow brings up the rear

— Greek Proverb

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— Johannes von Saaz

The time at length arrives, when grief is rather an indulgence than a necessity and the smile that plays upon the lips, although it…

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

But though it cannot be reasonable not to gain happiness for fear of losing it, yet it must be confessed, that in proportion to…

— Samuel Johnson

Griefs upon griefs! Disappointments upon disappointments. What then? This is a gay, merry world notwithstanding.

— John Adams

“And a real , undoubted grief is sometimes capable of making a solid and steadfast man even out of a phenomenally light-minded one, if…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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— Carolyn Ambler Walter

“MARRY IN HASTE, REPENT AT LEISURE.”

— Anonymous

O, brothers! let us leave the shame and sin Of taking vainly in a plaintive mood, The holy name of Grief--holy herein, That, by…

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Grieving is a necessary passage and a difficult transition to finally letting go of sorrow - it is not a permanent rest stop

— Anonymous