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    For of Fortune's sharpe adversite,
    The worste kynde of infortune is this,
    A man to hav bent in prosperite,
    And it remembren whan it passed is.

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In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most
unhappy kind of misfortune.
[Lat., In read more

In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most
unhappy kind of misfortune.
[Lat., In omni adversitate fortunae, infelicissimum genus est
infortunii fuisse felicem.]

by Boethius Found in: Sorrow Quotes,
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How beautiful, if sorrow had not made
Sorrow more beautiful than Beauty's self.

How beautiful, if sorrow had not made
Sorrow more beautiful than Beauty's self.

by John Keats Found in: Sorrow Quotes,
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To Sorrow
I bade good-morrow,
And though to leave her far away behind;
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To Sorrow
I bade good-morrow,
And though to leave her far away behind;
But cheerly, cheerly,
She loves me dearly:
She is so constant to me, and so kind.

by John Keats Found in: Sorrow Quotes,
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Oh, that was a good time, when I was unhappy.
[Fr., Oh c'etait le bon temps, j'etais bien malheureuse.]
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Oh, that was a good time, when I was unhappy.
[Fr., Oh c'etait le bon temps, j'etais bien malheureuse.]
- credited to Sophie Arnould,

by Unknown Found in: Sorrow Quotes,
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Sorrow preys upon
Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it
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Sorrow preys upon
Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it
From its sad visions of the other world
Than calling it at moments back to this.
The busy have no time for tears.

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Our days and nights
Have sorrows woven with delights.

Our days and nights
Have sorrows woven with delights.

by Francois De Malherbe Found in: Sorrow Quotes,
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There is no greater sorrow
Than to be mindful of the happy time
In misery.
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There is no greater sorrow
Than to be mindful of the happy time
In misery.
[Lat., Nessun maggior dolore
Che ricordarsi del tempo felice
Nella miseria.]

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When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Sorrow Quotes,
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Ah, nothing comes to us too soon but sorrow.

Ah, nothing comes to us too soon but sorrow.

by Philip James Bailey Found in: Sorrow Quotes,
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