grief Quotes

We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.

Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another.

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

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

We die as often as we lose a friend.

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

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

Tears at times have the weight of speech.