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Even Pain pricks to livelier living.

Even Pain pricks to livelier living.

by Amy Lowell Found in: Melancholy Quotes,
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Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
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Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

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Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.

Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.

by Woody Allen Found in: Melancholy Quotes,
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All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be read more

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.

by Marcus T. Cicero Found in: Melancholy Quotes,
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I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.

I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.

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Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt.

Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt.

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Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad

by Victor Hugo Found in: Melancholy Quotes,
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Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, read more

Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, and the pleasure taken in them naturally has a somewhat melancholy character. So, melancholy is morbid only when it occupies too much place in life; but it is equally morbid for it to be wholly excluded from life.

by Emile Durkheim Found in: Melancholy Quotes,
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Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness

Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness

by Italo Calvino Found in: Melancholy Quotes,
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