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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.
Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.
Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.
Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.
Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.
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?
If you see a friend without a smile; give him one of yours.
If you see a friend without a smile; give him one of yours.
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.
We gather strength from sadness and from pain Each time we die we learn to live again.
We gather strength from sadness and from pain Each time we die we learn to live again.
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.
I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, read more
I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life.