Sorrow
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Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy
Brief is sorrow, and endless is joy
Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an internal fire
Old men are prone to invest the futures of young men with their own past sorrows
Genuine sorrows are very tranquil in appearance in the deep bed they have dug for themselves. But, seeming to slumber, they corrode the soul like that frightful acid which penetrates crystal
Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people
There is no day without sorrow
A creature not too bright or good
For human nature's daily food;
For transient sorrows, simple wiles,
Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
For human nature's daily food;
For transient sorrows, simple wiles,
Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
She was a Phantom of Delight
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