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 Oh, that was a good time, when I was unhappy.
 [Fr., Oh c'etait le bon temps, j'etais bien malheureuse.]
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 Oh, that was a good time, when I was unhappy.
 [Fr., Oh c'etait le bon temps, j'etais bien malheureuse.]
   - credited to Sophie Arnould, 
 How beautiful, if sorrow had not made
 Sorrow more beautiful than Beauty's self.  
 How beautiful, if sorrow had not made
 Sorrow more beautiful than Beauty's self. 
Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat.
Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat.
 Alas! sorrow from happiness is oft evolved.
 [Ger., Ach! aus dem Gluck entwickelt oft sich Schmerz.]  
 Alas! sorrow from happiness is oft evolved.
 [Ger., Ach! aus dem Gluck entwickelt oft sich Schmerz.] 
 Sorrow preys upon
 Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it
  From its sad visions of the other read more 
 Sorrow preys upon
 Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it
  From its sad visions of the other world
   Than calling it at moments back to this.
    The busy have no time for tears. 
Tears are words the heart can't express
Tears are words the heart can't express
People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.
People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.
 When sparrows build and the leaves break forth
 My old sorrow wakes and cries.  
 When sparrows build and the leaves break forth
 My old sorrow wakes and cries. 
 In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most 
unhappy kind of misfortune.
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 In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most 
unhappy kind of misfortune.
 [Lat., In omni adversitate fortunae, infelicissimum genus est 
infortunii fuisse felicem.]