Quotes
Quotes about Grief
Grief tears his heart, and drives him to and fro, In all the raging impotence of woe.
What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so beloved? [Lat., Quis desiderio sit pudor aut modus Tam cari capitis?]
On me, on me Time and change can heap no more! The painful past with blighting grief Hath left my heart a withered leaf. Time and change can do no more.
Let me moderate our sorrows. The grief of a man should not exceed proper bounds, but be in proportion to the blow he has received. [Lat., Ponamus nimios gemitus: flagrantior aequo Non debet dolor esse viri, nec vulnere major.]
The only cure for grief is action.
Oh, well has it been said, that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak!
There is a solemn luxury in grief.
What need a man forestall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid?
Great, good, and just, could I but rate My grief with thy too rigid fate, I'd weep the world in such a strain As it should deluge once again; But since thy loud-tongued blood demands supplies More from Briareus' hands than Argus' eyes, I'll sing thy obsequies with trumpet sounds And write thy epitaph in blood and wounds.
Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength. [Lat., Strangulat inclusus dolor, atque exaestuat intus, Cogitur et vires multiplicare suas.]
Light griefs are communicative, great ones stupefy. [Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.]
That grief is light which can take counsel. [Lat., Levis est dolor qui capere consilium potest.]
Great grief does not of itself put an end itself. [Lat., Magnus sibi ipse non facit finem dolor.]
If thou engrossest all the griefs are thine, Thou robb'st me of a moiety.
This grief is crowned with consolation, you old smock brings forth a new petticoat, and indeed the tears live in an onion that should water this sorrow.
O, grief hath changed me since you saw me last, And careful hours, with Time's deformed hand, Have written strange defeatures in my face.
Grief. The pain now is part of the happiness then. That's the deal.
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.
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.
The purpose of a funeral service is to comfort the living. It is important at a funeral to display excessive grief. This will show others how kind-hearted and loving you are and their improved opinion of you will be very comforting.
Well has it been said that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak.
Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and griefs which we endure help us in our marching onward.
Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.
