Bion of Borysthenes (-325–-246 BC) ancient greek philosopher
As quoted by Cicero, Tusculan Disputations, iii. 26
“If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.”
Scyrii, Frag. 510.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief." by Sophocles?
Sophocles68
ancient Greek tragedian -496–-406 BCRelated quotes
“It is foolish to tear one’s hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero (-106–-43 BC) Roman philosopher and statesman
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
(21st August 1830) The Legacy of the Roses
The London Literary Gazette, 1830
“To weep is to make less the depth of grief.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English playwright and poet
Source: King Henry VI, Part 3
“The sorrow which has no vent in tears may make other organs weep.”
Henry Maudsley (1835–1918) British psychiatrist
[Maudsley, Henry, The Pathology of Mind, Macmillan, 1895, 978-0-598-47100-0, https://books.google.com/books?id=C5QXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA138, 138]
Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War
Book VII, 7.75-[3]
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book VII
“I lived my grief; I slept mourning and ate sorrow and drank tears. I ignored all else.”
Robin Hobb book Fool's Assassin
Source: Fool's Assassin
