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 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. 
No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, read more
No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.
Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when read more
Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.
 Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance 
sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping?  
 Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance 
sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping? 
Sad are only those who understand
Sad are only those who understand
There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm.
There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm.
Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.
Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.
It's easy to cry when you realize that everyone you love will reject you or die.
It's easy to cry when you realize that everyone you love will reject you or die.
 Of all tales 'tis the saddest--and more sad,
 Because it makes us smile.  
 Of all tales 'tis the saddest--and more sad,
 Because it makes us smile.