Blind Quote by Winifred Holtby

...joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.

— Alexandre Dumas

Happiness is lost by criticizing it; sorrow by accepting it.

— Ambrose Bierce

Either the day must come when joy prevails and all the makers of misery are no longer able to infect it, or else, for…

— Anonymous

There is neither happiness nor misery in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has…

— Alexandre Dumas - (Count Of Monte Cristo

Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness, will not be happy.

— Yevgeny Yevtushenko

There is no doubt that sorrow brings one down in the world. The aristocratic privilege of silence belongs, you soon find out, to only…

— Elizabeth Bowen

In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all, and it comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible, except with the…

— Abraham Lincoln

There isn't a new sorrow in the world -- they're all old ones -- but we can all find new happiness if we look…

— Myrtle Reed

Happiness and depression cannot blossom on the same vine. Some people affirm their woes and beg for sympathy. Others, unfortunately, cast gloom wherever they…

— Louis Sullivan

People who experience great happiness have also experienced great sorrow. They know the value of it and its importance.

— Anonymous

Happiness is not the denial of sorrow but the understanding of sorrow.

— Anonymous

All the joy the world contains Has come through wishing happiness for others. All the misery the world contains Has come through wanting pleasure…

— Shantideva