24 quotes about Sadness

A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ.

My philosophy is fundamentally sad, but I'm not a sad man, and I don't believe I sadden anyone else.

Human beings suffer agonies, and their sad fates become legends; poets write verses about them and playwrights compose dramas, and the remembrance of past grief becomes a source of present pleasure - such is the strange alchemy of the spirit.

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.

Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine

Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine

To be joyous is to be a madman in a world of sad ghosts

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.

If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
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If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.