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To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes read more
To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness
Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. -Harriet Beecher Stowe.
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. -Harriet Beecher Stowe.
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
There is a solemn luxury in grief.
There is a solemn luxury in grief.
There is no grief like the grief that does not speak
There is no grief like the grief that does not speak
Great grief does not of itself put an end itself.
[Lat., Magnus sibi ipse non facit finem dolor.]
Great grief does not of itself put an end itself.
[Lat., Magnus sibi ipse non facit finem dolor.]
Why wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer
Imaginary ills, and fancy'd tortures?
Why wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer
Imaginary ills, and fancy'd tortures?
There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften.
[Lat., Nullus dolor est quem non longinquitas temporis read more
There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften.
[Lat., Nullus dolor est quem non longinquitas temporis minuat ac
molliat.]