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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.
Grief is only the memory of widowed affections.
Grief is only the memory of widowed affections.
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!]
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
In private grief with careless scorn. In public seem to triumph and not to mourn.
In private grief with careless scorn. In public seem to triumph and not to mourn.
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.]
The only cure for grief is action.
The only cure for grief is action.
To be no part of any body, is to be nothing.
To be no part of any body, is to be nothing.
If thou engrossest all the griefs are thine,
Thou robb'st me of a moiety.
If thou engrossest all the griefs are thine,
Thou robb'st me of a moiety.
