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It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.
It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.
He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it
He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
 This grief is crowned with consolation, you old smock brings 
forth a new petticoat, and indeed the tears live read more 
 This grief is crowned with consolation, you old smock brings 
forth a new petticoat, and indeed the tears live in an onion that 
should water this sorrow. 
 On me, on me
 Time and change can heap no more!
  The painful past with blighting grief
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 On me, on me
 Time and change can heap no more!
  The painful past with blighting grief
   Hath left my heart a withered leaf.
    Time and change can do no more. 
 Great grief does not of itself put an end itself.
 [Lat., Magnus sibi ipse non facit finem dolor.]  
 Great grief does not of itself put an end itself.
 [Lat., Magnus sibi ipse non facit finem dolor.] 
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.
Well has it been said that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak.
Well has it been said that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak.
There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.
There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.