Bears Quote by William Hazlitt

The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.

— Sophocles

I do not believe that grief is ever so great that it can not be contained within.

— Judith McNaught

Those griefs smart most which are seen to be of our own choice.

— Sophocles

Good things, by their nature, are fleeting. It’s those that bring us grief that linger.

— Megan Hart

all griefs, when there is no bitterness in them, are soothed down by time.

— Jane Welsh Carlyle

Great griefs exhaust. They discourage us with life. The man into whom they enter feels something taken from him. In youth, their visit is…

— Victor Hugo

If the condition of grief is nearly universal, its transactions are exquisitely personal.

— Meghan O'Rourke

Grief is good...it is a sign of how well we have loved.

— Elizabeth Lesser

It's sad that the ones we love the most are the very ones that disappoint us the most.

— Anonymous

So it is true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.

— Anonymous

It is only kindred griefs that draw forth our tears, and each weeps really for himself.

— Heinrich Heine

Grief best is pleased with grief's society ...

— William Shakespeare