Quotes about Sadness

50 quotes about Sadness

Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness.

Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness.

Quote by Italo Calvino about sadness

There is no greater sorrow, Than to be mindful of the...

There is no greater sorrow, Than to be mindful of the happy time In misery.

Quote by Dante Alighieri about sadness

When a rap song glorifies violence, death and sadness and...

When a rap song glorifies violence, death and sadness and loss is inflicted because of the violence.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about sadness

I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching down into that sadness or anger, is very therapeutic.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about sadness

Genius is sorrow's child.

Genius is sorrow's child.

Quote by John Adams about sadness

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one...

Quote by Joseph Addison about sadness

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present...

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

Quote by Aeschylus about sadness

For pleasures past I do not grieve, nor perils gathering...

For pleasures past I do not grieve, nor perils gathering near; My greatest grief is that I leave nothing that claims a tear.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about sadness

Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn...

Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about sadness

I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a...

I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a woman of their own age.

Quote by Michael Caine about sadness

It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not...

It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about sadness

There is a strange charm in the thoughts of a good legacy, or the hopes of an estate, which wondrously removes or at least alleviates the sorrow that men would otherwise feel for the death of friends.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about sadness

I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

Quote by Agatha Christie about sadness

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

Quote by Agatha Christie about sadness

I certainly feel a joy in being alive that is sometimes...

I certainly feel a joy in being alive that is sometimes quite overwhelming, but I feel terrible grief at the same time.

Quote by Julie Christie about sadness

Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne...

Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.

Quote by Charles Dickens about sadness

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the...

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about sadness

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though...

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about sadness

Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life...

Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.

Quote by Euripides about sadness

For me as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe that that administration has taken the events of 9/11 and has manipulated the grief of the country and I think that's reprehensible.

Quote by Dustin Hoffman about sadness

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