Condolences Quote by William Shakespeare

It is some relief to weep; grief is satisfied and carried off by tears.

— Ovid

In our sad condition our only consolation is the expectancy of another life. Here below all is incomprehensible.

— Martin Luther

Grief is the price of victory.

— Frank Herbert

When griefs are genuine, I find, there is nothing more vacuous, more burdensome, or even more impertinent, than letters of consolation.

— Lord Chesterfield

Consolation indiscreetly pressed upon us, when we are suffering undue affliction, only serves to increase our pain, and to render our grief more poignant.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Inopportune consolations increase a deep sorrow.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

There is a certain pleasure in weeping; grief finds in tears both a satisfaction and a cure.

— Ovid

Sometimes grief is a comfort we grant ourselves because it's less terrifying than trying for joy.

— Megan Hart

Great grief makes sacred those upon whom its hand is laid. Joy may elevate, ambition glorify, but sorrow alone can consecrate.

— Horace Greeley

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

— William Shakespeare

“It is painful to remember what and who we've lost, but it's also comforting. Grief can become its own comfort...the moment when grief itself…

— Amy Andrews and Jessica Mesman Griffith

For those who need consolation no means of consolation is so effective as the assertion that in their case no consolation is possible: it…

— Friedrich Nietzsche