Keller, Helen -- Atlantic Monthly (May 1890)
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world. Helen Keller (1880-1968) American author and lecturerAtlantic Monthly (May 1890)
View ArticleLongfellow, Henry Wadsworth -- Hyperion: A Romance, 3.4 (1839)
Believe me, every heart has its secret sorrow which the world knows not, and oftentimes we call a man cold, when he is only sad. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) American poetHyperion: A Romance,...
View ArticleCicero, Marcus Tullius -- De Amicitia, para. 22
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief. [Nam et secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia et adversas partiens communicansque...
View ArticleStowe, Harriet Beecher -- Uncle Tom’s Cabin, ch. 28 “Reunion” (1852)
Any mind that is capable of a real sorrow is capable of good. Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) American authorUncle Tom’s Cabin, ch. 28 “Reunion” (1852)
View ArticleHandey, Jack -- Deep Thoughts (1992)
If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is “God is crying.” And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is “Probably because of something you …...
View ArticleTeresa of Avila -- (Attributed)
From silly devotions and sad-faced saints, O Lord, deliver me. Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582) Spanish mystic, poet, philosopher, saint(Attributed) Variant: "God, deliver me from sullen saints."
View ArticlePublilius Syrus -- Sententiae [Moral Sayings], # 621 [tr. Lyman (1862)]
How long is life to the wretched, how short for the happy! Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher [less correctly Publius Syrus]Sententiae [Moral Sayings], # 621 [tr. Lyman...
View ArticleMalcolm X -- Malcolm X Speaks, ch. 9 “With Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer” (1965)
Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change. Malcolm X (1925-1965) American revolutionary, religious...
View ArticleBronte, Emily -- Wuthering Heights, ch. 7 (1847) [Nelly Dean]
Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves. Emily Brontë (1818-1848) British novelist, poet [pseud. Ellis Bell]Wuthering Heights, ch. 7 (1847) [Nelly Dean]
View ArticleByron, George Gordon, Lord -- The Two Foscari, Act 4, sc. 1 [Loredano] (1821)
Sorrow preys upon Its solitude, and nothing 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. George Gordon, Lord Byron...
View ArticleSnicket, Lemony -- The Carnivorous Carnival (2002)
The sad truth is that the truth is sad. Lemony Snicket (b. 1970) American author, screenwriter, musician (pseud. for Daniel Handler)The Carnivorous Carnival (2002)
View ArticleBrilliant, Ashleigh -- Pot-Shots, #2053
I too have known joy and sadness, and, on the whole, I prefer joy. Ashleigh Brilliant (b. 1933) Anglo-American writer, epigramist, cartoonistPot-Shots, #2053
View ArticleSchulz, Charles -- “On Staying Power,” My Life with Charlie Brown (2010) [ed....
If you are a person who looks at the funny side of things, then sometimes when you are lowest, when everything seems totally hopeless, you will come up with some of your best ideas. Happiness does not...
View ArticleDemocritus -- Frag. 231 (Diels) [tr. @sententiq (2016)]
Wise is he who instead of grieving over what he lacks delights in what he has. [Εὐγνώμων ὁ μὴ λυπεόμενος ἐφ’ οἷσιν οὐκ ἔχει, ἀλλὰ χαίρων ἐφ’ οἷσιν ἔχει.] Democritus (c. 460 BC - c. 370 BC) Greek...
View ArticleMarquis, Don -- archy and mehitabel, “mehitabel sees paris” (1927)
but whotthehell archy whotthehell jamais triste archy jamais triste that is my motto. Don Marquis (1878-1937) American journalist and humoristarchy and mehitabel, “mehitabel sees paris” (1927) "Jamais...
View ArticleDante Alighieri -- The Divine Comedy [Divina Commedia], Book 1 “Inferno,”...
Life brings no greater grief Than happiness remembered in a time Of sorrow. [Nessun maggior dolore Che ricordarsi del tempo felice Ne la miseria.] Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) Italian poetThe Divine...
View ArticleBeaumarchais, Pierre -- The Barber of Seville [Le Barbier de Séville], Act 1,...
I hasten to laugh at everything, lest I should have to weep at everything. [Je me presse de rire de tout, de peur d’être obligé d’en pleurer.] Pierre Beaumarchais (1732-1799) French playwright,...
View ArticleFuller, Thomas (1608) -- The History of the Worthies of England, “Worthies of...
And know, reader, that an ounce of mirth, with the same degree of grace, will serve God farther than a pound of sadness. Thomas Fuller (1608-1661) English churchman, historianThe History of the...
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