Grief Quotes

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. -- Edmund Burke


Giraudoux, Jean
Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile.


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


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


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


Seneca
That grief is light which can take counsel. -- Seneca