Burke, Edmund

The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time.

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Giraudoux, Jean

Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.

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Ovid

Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.

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Rivarol, Antoine

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.

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Seneca

That grief is light which can take counsel.

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Seneca

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

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