Sorrow Quotes

“If you have a sorrow that you cannot tell to anyone, you can tell it to the wind.”

“I'm a man of constant sorrow, I've seen trouble all my day.”

“For there is no grief, no sorrow, no matter how great, which time does not lessen and soften.”

“Sorrow is the great teacher. It is the real purifier.”

“O Death, rock me asleep, bring me to quiet rest, let pass my weary guiltless ghost out of my careful breast.”

“The actual tragedies of life are things that happen in a moment, whereas the sorrows of life are the things that go on and on.”

“My heart is filled with the deepest sorrow for the people who have lost their lives and for the bereaved families.”

“The night, sad secretary to my moans.”

“A tear is an intellectual thing.”

“Humour is the foam on the wave of sorrow.”

“To be miserable, and not deserve it, is the height of sorrow.”

“What is this I hear of sorrow and weariness, Anger, discontent and drooping hopes?”

“The sun for sorrow will not shine.”

“Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.”

“But still the wounded heart she bears, and hangs her head and drinks her tears.”

“Silence in love bewrays more woe; Than words, though ne'er so witty.”

“What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow; What are brief? today and tomorrow.”

“O the night of the weeping children! O the night of the children branded for death!”

“Our Southern brethren have done grievous wrong, they have rebelled and have attacked their father's house and their loyal brothers. They must be punished and brought back, but this necessity breaks my heart.”

“Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.”