Quotes of Grief - somelinesforyou

“ Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow. ”

- Ann Radcliffe

“ It is light grief that can take counsel. ”

- Anonymous

“ Grief is the agony of an instant, the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life. ”

- Benjamin Disraeli

“ These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always that danger he will plunge through. ”

- David Nicholls

“ Grief is Newark. It's there. Can't avoid it. The idea is to hold your nose, hope the traffic's not too bad and get on to Manhattan as quickly as possible. ”

- Eli Attie

“ Waste not fresh tears over old griefs. ”

- Euripides

“ The only cure for grief is action. ”

- George Henry Lewes

“ Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured. ”

- Homer

“ Grief does not change you, it reveals you. ”

- John Green

“ It seems the misfortune of one can plow a deeper furrow in the heart than the misfortune of millions. ”

- Kirby Larson

“ Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have someone to divide it with. ”

- Mark Twain

“ While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it. ”

- Samuel Johnson

“ Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver. ”

- Sophocles

“ The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves. ”

- Sophocles

“ I just realized that there's going to be a lot of painful times in life, so I better learn to deal with it the right way. ”

- Trey Parker and Matt Stone

“ What's gone and what's past help Should be past grief. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Guilt is the source of sorrows, the avenging fiend that follows us behind with whips and stings. ”

- Nicholas Rowe

“ While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till grief be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it. ”

- Samuel Johnson

“ There is no greater sorrow Than to be mindful of the happy time In misery. ”

- Dante Alighieri

“ Grief is the agony of an instant, the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life. ”

- Benjamin Disraeli

“ When sorrows come, they come not single spies, But in battalions. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Childhood has no forebodings, but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow. ”

- George Eliot

“ Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot. ”

- George Herbert

“ I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning; Alas! the gratitude of men Hath often left me mourning. ”

- William Wordsworth

“ Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery. ”

- Matthew

“ Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured. ”

- Homer

“ Sorrow is a fruit. God does not allow it to grow on a branch that is too weak to bear it. ”

- Victor Hugo

“ By afflictions God is spoiling us of what otherwise might have spoiled us. When he makes the world too hot for us to hold, we let it go. ”

- John Powell

“ Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself. ”

- Seneca

“ Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak Whispers the o're-fraught heart, and bids it break. {The Tragedy of Macbeth, IV, iii. ”

- William Shakespeare
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