Yet be sad, good brothers,
For, by my faith, it very well becomes you.
Sorrow so royally read more

Yet be sad, good brothers,
For, by my faith, it very well becomes you.
Sorrow so royally in you appears
That I will deeply put the fashion on
And wear it in my heart.

There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm.

There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm.

All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever.

All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever.

I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, read more

I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life.

The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much intermittent gloom.

The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much intermittent gloom.

Anger, tears and sadness are only for those who have given up

Anger, tears and sadness are only for those who have given up

'Tis impious in a good man to be sad.

'Tis impious in a good man to be sad.

We look before and after,
And pine for what is not,
Our sincerest laughter
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We look before and after,
And pine for what is not,
Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught:
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.

Sad are only those who understand

Sad are only those who understand