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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.
 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.] 
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
 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? 
 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! 
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.
 Let me moderate our sorrows. The grief of a man should not 
exceed proper bounds, but be in proportion read more 
 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.] 
 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? 
 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.]