Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can, and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys. Lamartine.

Grief is a species of idleness, and the necessity of attention to the present, preserves us from being lacerated and devoured by sorrow for the past. Dr. Johnson.

Grief is a stone that bears one down, but two 25 bear it lightly. W. Hauff.

Grief is only the memory of widowed affection. James Martineau.

Grief is proud and makes his owner stout. King John, iii. 1.

Grief is so far from retrieving a loss that it makes it greater; but the way to lessen it is by a comparison with others' losses. Wycherley.

Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life. Disraeli.

Grief is the culture of the soul; it is the true 30 fertiliser. Mme. de Girardin.

Grief, like a tree, has tears for its fruit. Philemon.

Grief makes one hour ten. Rich. II., i. 3.