Dido and Aeneas (opera; music by Henry Purcell)
“Sorrows remembered sweeten present joy.”
Book i, line 464.
The Course of Time (published 1827)
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Scottish poet 1798–1827Related quotes

“Joy is deeper than sorrow, for all joy seeks eternity.”
Academy of Achievement interview (2006)
Context: In our culture, we think that happy and color is trivial, that black and darkness is deeper. But Nietzsche said — which is a line that I firmly believe — "Joy is deeper than sorrow, for all joy seeks eternity." And if you see Grendel, you'll see, as he's on the edge of the abyss, ready to leap to his death, he sings, "Is it joy I feel? Is it joy I feel?" And it's so, so moving. You can have a lot of different explanations for the ending of that opera, but there is something so palpable that you will feel when he sings those lines.

“Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.”

“Joy may be a miser,
But Sorrow’s purse is free.”
Persian Song.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

“Real genuine joy is borne of sadness and sorrow.”
Joy: Share it! p. 36.
Joy: Share it! (2017)

“Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.”
Bk. XV, ch. 1
Source: War and Peace (1865–1867; 1869)

“Such is the life of a man. Moments of joy, obliterated by unforgettable sorrow.”