While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it. —Sophocles More about this quote Tags: grief Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It seems the misfortune of one can plow a deeper furrow in the heart than the misfortune of millions. —Sophocles More about this quote Tags: grief Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured. —Samuel Johnson More about this quote Tags: grief Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The only cure for grief is action. —Homer More about this quote Tags: grief Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs. —George Henry Lewes More about this quote Tags: grief Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Grief is Newark. It's there. Can't avoid it. The idea is to hold your nose, hope the traffic's not too bad and get on to Manhattan as quickly as possible. —Euripides More about this quote Tags: grief Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Grief is the agony of an instant, the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life. —Benjamin Disraeli More about this quote Tags: grief Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is light grief that can take counsel. —Unknown More about this quote Tags: grief Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow. —Ann Radcliffe More about this quote Tags: grief Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness. —Laozi More about this quote Tags: greed Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else could believe, until it was too late, how heartless and greedy they were. —Kurt Vonnegut More about this quote Tags: greed Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth. —French Proverb More about this quote Tags: greed Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Not greedy of filthy lucre. —Bible More about this quote Tags: greed Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Be not afraid of greatness: some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them. —Unknown More about this quote Tags: greatness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it. —William Shakespeare More about this quote Tags: greatness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email