24 quotes about Sadness

Discover quotes about Sadness from writers, philosophers, artists and other notable figures. Words and reflections that illuminate different sides of this human feeling.

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A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ.
Steinbeck John
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My philosophy is fundamentally sad, but I'm not a sad man, and I don't believe I sadden anyone else.
Machado Antonio
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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.
Sinclair Upton
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Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.
Koestler Arthur
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Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine
Aquinas Thomas
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Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine
Mernissi Fatima
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To be joyous is to be a madman in a world of sad ghosts
Miller Henry
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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.
Laozi
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Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.
Frost Robert
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If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
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Moliere
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If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand
Confucius
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
Sophocles

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