"How much better is it to weep..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
How much better is it to weep at joy than to joy at weeping?
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“Direct not him whose way himself will choose;'Tis breath not lack'st, and that breath wilt thou lose.”
“Beauty itself doth of itself persuade the eyes of men without an orator.”
“If I could write the beauty of your eyes And in fresh numbers number all your graces, The age to come would say, 'This poet lies; Such heavenly touches ne'er touch'd earthly faces.'”
More on Emotion
“The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.”
“At the same time, as social beings, we are moved in the relations with our fellow beings by such feelings as sympathy, pride, hate, need for power, pity, and so on.”
“When you're grieving that's not the time to be brave or strong, you need to let it show”
More on Joy
“And your fragrance shall be my breath, And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons.”
“But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.”
“You pay for good days by then having bad days. You pay for joy with pain.”