#bewail

To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain a tear from those who listen, this is worth the trouble. ↗

— Aeschylus

#gain #listen #mourn #tear #those

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled? ↗

— Sophocles

#cannot #crying #done #milk #over

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#bewail #ceaseless #effort #human #human actions

Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#difference #little #little difference #love #old

There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#childish #evil #explanation #ignore #looked