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 She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
 [Lat., Illa dolet vere qui sine teste dolet.]  
 She grieves sincerely who grieves unseen.
 [Lat., Illa dolet vere qui sine teste dolet.] 
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.
 O, grief hath changed me since you saw me last,
 And careful hours, with Time's deformed hand,
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 O, grief hath changed me since you saw me last,
 And careful hours, with Time's deformed hand,
  Have written strange defeatures in my face. 
 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.] 
There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.
There is no grief like the grief that 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.] 
 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.] 
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.
Those things that hurt, instruct.
Those things that hurt, instruct.