"For sorrow ends not, when it seemeth..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
For sorrow ends not, when it seemeth done.
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“Upon thy cheek I lay this zealous kiss, as seal to the indenture of my love.”
“Come now, what masques, what dances shall we haveTo wear away this long age of three hoursBetween our after-supper and bedtime?”
“Words, vows, gifts, tears, and love's full sacrifice, He offers in another's enterprise; But more in Troilus thousand-fold I see Than in the glass of Pandar's praise may be, Yet hold I off.”
More on Sorrow
“The evening ended with dancing. On its being proposed, Anne offered her services, as usual, and though her eyes would sometimes fill with tears as she sat at the instrument, she was extremely glad to be employed, and desired nothing in return but to be unobserved.”
“I have only one friend, and that is echo. Why is it my friend? Because I love my sorrow, and echo does not take it away from me. I have only one confidant, and that is the silence of night. Why is it my confidant? Because it remains silent.”
“I will find new meaning in every joy and sorrow.”
More on Grief
“Whoever finds love beneath hurt and grief disappears into emptiness with a thousand new disguises”
“I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.”
“What is it that strikes a spark of humor from a man? It is the effort to throw off, to fight back the burden of grief that is laid on each one of us. In youth we don't feel it, but as we grow to manhood we find the burden on our shoulders. Humor? It is nature's effort to harmonize conditions. The further the pendulum swings out over woe the further it is bound to swing back over mirth.”