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  • Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure Married in haste we may repent at leisure.

  • Sorrow breaks seasons and reposing hours Makes the night morning and the noontide night.

  • Xenophon said:

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

  • John Adams said:

    Grief drives men to serious reflection sharpens the understanding and softens the heart.

  • It is foolish to tear ones hair in grief as though sorrow would be made less with baldness.

  • Truly it is in the darkness that one finds the light so when we are in sorrow then this light is nearest of all to us.

  • Thomas Gray said:

    The hues of bliss more brightly glow Chastised by sabler tints of woe.

  • If you wish me to weep you yourself must first feel grief. Si vis me flere dolendum est Primum ipsi tibi

  • The only cure for grief is action.

  • Joy comes grief goes we know not how.

  • Happiness is beneficial for the body but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.

  • Mark Twain said:

    Grief can take care of itself but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

  • Unknown said:

    You cant prevent birds of sorrow flying over your head but you can stop them building nests in your hair.

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