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Quotes About Sorrow

No sorrow is deeper than the remembrance of happiness when in misery.
~ Dante Alighieri
There were happy days, with watermelon, and sad days of whiskey.
~ Lewis Nordan
The house of laughter makes a house of woe.
~ Edward Young
Neither a person entirely broken nor one entirely whole can speak. In sorrow, pretend to be fearless. In happiness, tremble.
~ Jane Hirshfield
I've had at least my share of tragedy, but I have had far more than my share of happiness.
~ Pierre Salinger
Mother earth cried so much that she has pool of tears more than the land of happiness.
~ Santosh Kalwar
It is sad that people need alcohol to make them happy.
~ Habeeb Akande
Life is only a misery, without music.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
From sunrise to sunset to sunrise, there is a lifetime of joy, sorrow and happiness.
~ Sandeep N. Tripathi
For the one who 'enjoys' (worldly) happiness, there will come a time for him to endure sorrow.
~ Dada Bhagwan
People maybe smiling but look to the eyes because they can't hide the sorrow, pain, and heartache they're trying to hide behind their smile.
~ Karon Waddell
Within sadness lives a happiness deeper than any pain.
~ Cathryn Alpert, Rocket City
A happy person is not without sorrow or grief. Happiness is the acceptance of pain, not the lack of it.
~ Vironika Tugaleva
Unhappiness is the resultant of what you desire and happiness of what you don't.
~ Amit Abraham
Life is a sea of sorrow in the midst of islands of happiness.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
moments of something this good, this unexpected and off his usual path, they always dredged up old shit, like somehow happiness came with sorrow as its anchor.
~ Heidi Cullinan, Love Lessons
Her body begs to be taken away and put into a warm bed with the sheets pulled high, even though nothing can help now.
~ Steven Herrick
The tears of God are the meaning of history
~ Nicholas Wolterstorff
When you read the history of the human family, it slowly comes to you that all the world's oceans once fell as tears.
~ Paul Lutus
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye Who cheer when soldier lads march by, Sneak home and pray you'll never know The hell where youth and laughter go.
~ Siegfried Sassoon
Contemplating Christmas when you are isolated and far from home brings its own unique pain.
~ Amanda Lindhout
Here, far from our homes, we will be forgotten by our gods.
~ Neil Gaiman
A tranquil conscience invites freedom from anguish, sorrow, guilt, shame, and self-condemnation. It provides a foundation for happiness. It is a condition of immense worth.
~ Richard G. Scott
We honor founders of these starving cities, Whose honor is the image of our sorrow.
~ W. H. Auden