A collection of English quotations A collection of English quotations
A certain amount of care or pain or trouble is necessary for every man at all times. A ship without a ballast is unstable and will not go straight . (Arthur Schopenhauer. Geman philosopher)
A certain amount of sorrow, pain or trouble is necessary for everyone from time to time. A ship without ballast would not be stable and move forward toward its destination. (German philosopher Schopenhauer A)
A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears. (Michel Eyquem Montaigne, French essayist)
A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears. Suffering the pain he feared. (French essayist Montaigne M E)
As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have least wit are the greatest babblers. (Plato, Ancient Greek Philosopher)
Just like Empty vessels make the loudest noise, and those with the lowest intelligence are the best at nagging. (Ancient Greek philosopher Plato)
Better one suffer, than a nation grieve. (John Drydon, British poet)
Better one suffer than a nation grieve. (British poet Dryden J)
Between grief and nothing I will take grief. (William Faulkner, American writer)
Between grief and nothingness, I am willing to choose grief. (American writer Faulkner W)
Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched. (Thomas Fuller, American inventor)
What makes people happy or depressed, instead of reality, makes men happy or wretched. To say it is a fact is better to say it is a comparison. (American inventor Fuller T)
For evil news rides fast, while good news baits later. (John Milton, Britsh poet)
Good things don’t go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles. (William Cowper, British poet)
Grief is itself a medicine. (William Cowper, British poet)
Grief is itself a medicine.
(British poet Cowper W)
Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. (Marcel Proust, French writer)
Happiness is beneficial for the body The human body, but only sorrow can develop spiritual strength. (French writer Prussia M)
Have no doubts because of trouble nor be thou discomtited
Although you are in trouble, you are not uneasy
for the water of life's fountain springeth from a gloom bed
Sit not sad because that time a fitful aspect weareth
Don't Being depressed because of bad luck, patience is the most painful
Patience is most bitter, yet most sweet the fruit it bearth
The fruit is also the sweetest
Sadi , Persian poet
Persian poet Saadi
He best can pity who has felt the worse. (John Gay, British dramstist and poet)
Feeling sadness People are the most compassionate. (British playwright and poet Guy J)
He who in adversity would have succor, let him be generous while he rests secure. (Saki, British writer)
Who wants to be in adversity If you receive help in adversity, you should be kind to others in good times. (British writer Saki)
I tell you hopeless grief is passionless. (E.B. Browning, British poetess)
I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless. (British poet Browning E B)
It is not miserable to be blind; it is miserable to be incapable of en-during blindness. (John Milton, British poet)
Blindness It is not tragic in itself, it is the inability to tolerate blindness that is tragic. (British poet Milton J)
Life is made up of sobs, sniffles and smiles with sniffes predomi-nating. (O.Henry, American writer)
Life is made up of sobs, sniffles and smiles with sniffes predomi-nating. , sobbing and smiling, and among the three, sobbing is the dominant one.
(American writer O. Henry)
No man can be brave who considers pain the greatest evil of life; or temperate, who regards pleasure as the highest good. (Cicero, ancient Roman statsman)
He who regards pain as the greatest evil in life cannot be brave; he who regards joy as the most wonderful thing in life cannot control himself. (Cicero, an ancient Roman statesman)
One must mourn not the death of men but their birth. (Charles Scondat Montesquieu, French thinker and Philosopher)
One must mourn not the death of men but their birth. Not the death of humans but their birth. (French thinker and philosopher Montesquieu)
Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy. (Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer)
Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy. is as impossible as pure, complete joy. (Russian writer Tolstoy)
Sadness diminishes or hinders a person's action. (Benedict de Spinoza, Dutch Philosopher)
Sadness diminishes or hinders a person's action. The power of action. (Dutch philosopher Spinoza B)
Sorrow and trouble either soften the heart or harden it. (James Mackintosh, British writer)
Sorrow and trouble either soften the heart or harden it. It just makes people cruel. (British writer McIntosh J)
Tears are the silent language of grief. (Voltaire, French philosopher)
Tears are the silent language of grief. (French philosopher Voltaire)
The fiercest agonies have shorest reign. (William Crllen Bryant, American poet)
The most violent pain lasts the shortest. (American poet W. C. Bryant)
The most glorious moment in your life are not the socalled days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishment. (Gustave Flaubert, French writer)
The most glorious days in life are not the days of success, but the challenges and challenges to life that arise from lamentation and despair. Those days of looking forward to a glorious future.
(French writer Flaubert G)
He pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body. (Publius Syrus, Syrian Latin writer)
Mental illness is worse than physical illness. Oops. (Syrian Latin writer Silas P)
The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. (George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist)
The secret of suffering is spending your free time worrying about your happiness. (British dramatist Bernard Shaw)
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on. (William Shkespeare, British dramatist)
Grieving over past disasters will lead to new ones. (British playwright Shakespeare W)
What's the use of worrying
What's the use of worrying