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Quotations by Subject: Grief
(Related Subjects: Happiness)
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Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow.: Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
It is light grief that can take counsel.: Anonymous
Grief is the agony of an instant, the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.: Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
Grief is Newark. It's there. Can't avoid it. The idea is to hold your nose, hope the traffic's not too bad and get on to Manhattan as quickly as possible.: Eli Attie, House M.D., Dying Changes Everything, 2008
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.: Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC)
The only cure for grief is action.: George Henry Lewes
Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Odyssey
While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.: Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC), Antigone
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.: Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC), Oedipus Rex
I just realized that there's going to be a lot of painful times in life, so I better learn to deal with it the right way.: Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Raisins, 2003
What's gone and what's past help Should be past grief.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "The Winter's Tale", Act 3 scene 2


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