“The path of sorrow, and that path alone,
Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) (1731–1800) English poet and hymnodist
To an Afflicted Protestant Lady.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“The heart knoweth its own sorrow and there are times when, like David, it is comforting to think that our tears are put in a bottle and not one of them forgotten by the one who leads us in paths of sorrow.”
Source: Hinds' Feet on High Places
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Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman
Source: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
“When everyone sorrows, no one hears the sorrows.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Donde se lamentan todos, no se oyen lamentos.
Voces (1943)
Amin Maalouf (1949) Francophone Lebanese writer based in France
Source: The First Century After Beatrice
“For there is a certain luxury in grief; especially when we pour out our sorrows in the bosom of a friend, who will approve, or, at least, pardon our tears.”
Est enim quaedam etiam dolendi voluptas, praesertim si in amici sinu defleas, apud quem lacrimis tuis vel laus sit parata vel venia.
Pliny the Younger (61–113) Roman writer
Letter 16, 5.
Letters, Book VIII
