Bion of Borysthenes (-325–-246 BC) ancient greek philosopher
As quoted by Cicero, Tusculan Disputations, iii. 26
“It is foolish to tear one’s hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.”
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Scyrii, Frag. 510.
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“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
“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
Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor
This seems to be a paraphrase sumarizing a speech at the Carrie Tuggle Institute, Birmingham, as described in Thinking Black: Some of the Nation's Best Black Columnists Speak Their Mind (1997) by DeWayne Wickham
Misattributed
“It hurts the bald-head just as much as the thatched-head to have his hairs plucked.”
Bion of Borysthenes (-325–-246 BC) ancient greek philosopher
As quoted by Seneca, On Tranquility of the Mind
“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