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 If our inward griefs were seen written on our brow, how many 
would be pitied who are now envied!
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 If our inward griefs were seen written on our brow, how many 
would be pitied who are now envied!
 [It., Se a ciascun l'interno affanno
  Si leggesse in fronte scritto,
   Quanti mai, che invidia fanno,
    Ci farebbero pieta!] 
While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement read more
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.
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.
Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to read more
Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.
 Thank God, bless God, all ye who suffer not
 More grief than ye can weep for. That is well--
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 Thank God, bless God, all ye who suffer not
 More grief than ye can weep for. That is well--
  That is light grieving! 
 Why wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer
 Imaginary ills, and fancy'd tortures?  
 Why wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer
 Imaginary ills, and fancy'd tortures? 
He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it
He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it
 What need a man forestall his date of grief,
 And run to meet what he would most avoid?  
 What need a man forestall his date of grief,
 And run to meet what he would most avoid? 
 There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften.
 [Lat., Nullus dolor est quem non longinquitas temporis read more 
 There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften.
 [Lat., Nullus dolor est quem non longinquitas temporis minuat ac 
molliat.]