#grief

Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure. ↗

— William Congreve

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Pity speaks to grief More sweetly than a band of instruments. ↗

— Barry Cornwall

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I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect. ↗

— Queen Elizabeth II

#chance #diana #expressing #gratitude #grief

We carry the dead with us only until we die too, and then it is we who are borne along for a little while, and then our bearers in their turn drop, and so on into the unimaginable generations. ↗

— John Banville

#death #grief #immortality #life-goes-on #loss

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart. ↗

— Horace Mann

#begin #brought #chastisement #child #conduct

Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength. ↗

— Ovid

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What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless. ↗

— Ovid

#calmness #grief #must #pain #suffered

I saw the world in black and white instead of the vibrant colours and shades I knew existed. ↗

— Katie McGarry

#grief #sadness #grief

Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen. ↗

— Pliny the Elder

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It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#baldness #foolish #grief #hair #less