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Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common read more
Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys. -Alphonse de Lamartine.
There is a solemn luxury in grief.
There is a solemn luxury in grief.
 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. 
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.
 Oh, well has it been said, that there is no grief like the grief 
which does not speak!  
 Oh, well has it been said, that there is no grief like the grief 
which does not speak! 
 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? 
Grief. The pain now is part of the happiness then. That's the deal.
Grief. The pain now is part of the happiness then. That's the deal.
Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
 Were floods of tears to be unloosed
 In tribute to my grief,
  The doves of Noah ne'er read more 
 Were floods of tears to be unloosed
 In tribute to my grief,
  The doves of Noah ne'er had roost
   Nor found an olive-leaf.