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    If our inward griefs were seen written on our brow, how many
    would be pitied who are now envied!
    [It., Se a ciascun l'interno affanno
    Si leggesse in fronte scritto,
    Quanti mai, che invidia fanno,
    Ci farebbero pieta!]

    by Found in Grief Quotes,
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Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know read more

Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.

by Xenophon Found in: Grief Quotes,
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There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

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O, brothers! let us leave the shame and sin
Of taking vainly in a plaintive mood,
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O, brothers! let us leave the shame and sin
Of taking vainly in a plaintive mood,
The holy name of Grief--holy herein,
That, by the grief of One, came all our good.

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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.]

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Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to read more

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

by George Herbert Found in: Grief Quotes,
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What need a man forestall his date of grief,
And run to meet what he would most avoid?

What need a man forestall his date of grief,
And run to meet what he would most avoid?

by John Milton Found in: Grief Quotes,
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Those things that hurt, instruct.

Those things that hurt, instruct.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Grief Quotes,
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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.

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When we hear oxymoron
we think that those
who eat oxen become morons
.. their brains occluded
by animal fat
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When we hear oxymoron
we think that those
who eat oxen become morons
.. their brains occluded
by animal fat
.. cannot receive oxygen
When we hear Oxfam
we think famine..
that those who promote
oxeating
create famine.

by O Anna Niemus Found in: Grief Quotes,
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