"When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions."

Sorrow, Truth, Regret, Wisdom

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"But sing no more this bitter tale that wears my heart away."

Homer, Greek Poet

Sorrow, Emotion, Loss, Grief

"Each new mornNew widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrowsStrike heaven on the face, that it resoundsAs if it felt with Scotland, and yelled outLike syllable of dolor."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Sorrow, Regret, Truth, Wisdom, Life

"The worst kind of crying wasn't the kind everyone could see- the wailing on street corners, the tearing at clothes. No, the worst kind happened when your soul wept and no matter what you did, there was no way to comfort it."

Katie McGarry, American Author

Sorrow, Grief, Silence, Suffering, Loss

"Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed."

Peter S. Beagle, American Author

Sorrow, Greatness, Heroes

"The saddest sorrow is to desire death while you have life."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Sorrow, Desire, Death, Life

"I believe the Universe desires for us to choose to love as much as possible while we are here."

Renae A. Sauter, American Writer

Sorrow, Love, Universe, Intention, Life

"What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Sorrow, Life, Pain, Philosophy

"Drink today, and drown all sorrow; you shall perhaps not do tomorrow."

John Fletcher, English Dramatist

Sorrow, Today, Tomorrow

"I know, too, why she asked me not to forget her. Naoko herself knew, of course. She knew that my memories of her would fade. Which is precisely why she begged me never to forget her, to remember that she had existed. The thought fills me with an almost unbearable sorrow. Because Naoko never loved me."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Sorrow, Memory, Love, Loss

"Not without a wound in the spirit shall I leave this city."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Sorrow, Spirit, Departure, Pain, Suffering

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"Neither a borrower nor a lender be: For loan oft loses both itself and friend And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry."

Life

"Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom."

Education

"Northumberland, thou ladder wherewithal the mounting Bolingbroke ascends my throne."

Ambition

"These times of woe afford no time to woo."

Life

"They are but beggars that can count their worth."

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"I am not gamesome: I do lack some partof that quick spirit that is in Antony."

Personality

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"But sing no more this bitter tale that wears my heart away."

"Each new mornNew widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrowsStrike heaven on the face, that it resoundsAs if it felt with Scotland, and yelled outLike syllable of dolor."

"The worst kind of crying wasn't the kind everyone could see- the wailing on street corners, the tearing at clothes. No, the worst kind happened when your soul wept and no matter what you did, there was no way to comfort it."

"Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed."

"The saddest sorrow is to desire death while you have life."

"I believe the Universe desires for us to choose to love as much as possible while we are here."

"What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears."

"Drink today, and drown all sorrow; you shall perhaps not do tomorrow."

"Not without a wound in the spirit shall I leave this city."

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"Neither a borrower nor a lender be: For loan oft loses both itself and friend And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry."

"And Sir, it is no little thing to make mine eyes to sweat compassion."

"It were a grief so brief to part with thee.Farewell."

"Sometimes we punish ourselves the most."

"I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest."

"Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom."

"Northumberland, thou ladder wherewithal the mounting Bolingbroke ascends my throne."

"These times of woe afford no time to woo."

"They are but beggars that can count their worth."

"I am not gamesome: I do lack some partof that quick spirit that is in Antony."