“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
“There is no such thing as was—only is. If was existed, there would be no grief or sorrow.”
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Juhani Aho (1861–1921) Finnish author and journalist
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Solomon (-990–-931 BC) king of Israel and the son of David
Ecclesiastes, 1:18 http://bible.cc/ecclesiastes/1-18.htm, King James Version
“There's no such thing as old age; there is only sorrow.”
Edith Wharton (1862–1937) American novelist, short story writer, designer
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“The closest bonds we will ever know are bonds of grief. The deepest community one of sorrow.”
Cormac McCarthy book All the Pretty Horses
Source: All the Pretty Horses
Sarada Devi (1853–1920) Hindu religious figure, spiritual consort of Ramakrishna
[In the Company of the Holy Mother, 220-221]
Bion of Borysthenes (-325–-246 BC) ancient greek philosopher
As quoted by Cicero, Tusculan Disputations, iii. 26
Variant: The grief that does not speak whispers the o'erfraught heart and bids it break.
Source: Macbeth