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    Let me moderate our sorrows. The grief of a man should not
    exceed proper bounds, but be in proportion to the blow he has
    received.
    [Lat., Ponamus nimios gemitus: flagrantior aequo
    Non debet dolor esse viri, nec vulnere major.]

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Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

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Grief tears his heart, and drives him to and fro,
In all the raging impotence of woe.

Grief tears his heart, and drives him to and fro,
In all the raging impotence of woe.

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Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know read more

Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.

by Xenophon Found in: Grief Quotes,
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That grief is light which can take counsel.
[Lat., Levis est dolor qui capere consilium potest.]

That grief is light which can take counsel.
[Lat., Levis est dolor qui capere consilium potest.]

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The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. -Harriet Beecher Stowe.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. -Harriet Beecher Stowe.

by Harriet Beecher Stowe Found in: Grief Quotes,
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Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean. -David Searls.

Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean. -David Searls.

by David Searls Found in: Grief Quotes,
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Light griefs are communicative, great ones stupefy.
[Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.]

Light griefs are communicative, great ones stupefy.
[Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.]

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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

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What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so
beloved?
[Lat., Quis desiderio read more

What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so
beloved?
[Lat., Quis desiderio sit pudor aut modus
Tam cari capitis?]

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