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A feeling of sadness and longing,
That is not akin to pain,
And resembles sorrow only
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A feeling of sadness and longing,
That is not akin to pain,
And resembles sorrow only
As the mist resembles the rain.
Smile, even if it's a sad smile, because sadder than a sad smile is the sadness of not knowing how read more
Smile, even if it's a sad smile, because sadder than a sad smile is the sadness of not knowing how to smile.
It's easy to cry when you realize that everyone you love will reject you or die.
It's easy to cry when you realize that everyone you love will reject you or die.
The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much intermittent gloom.
The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much intermittent gloom.
No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, read more
No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.
'Tis impious in a good man to be sad.
'Tis impious in a good man to be sad.
Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance
sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping?
Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance
sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping?
Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.
Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.
All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever.
All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever.
