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Writer, Philosopher

“One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors for to dwell long upon them is to add to the offense, and repentance and sorrow can only be displaced by somewhat better, and which is as free and original as if they had not been.”

Long Errors Sorrow

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James Russell Lowell

Poet, Essayist

“The first lesson of life is to burn our own smoke; that is, not to inflict on outsiders our personal sorrows and petty morbidness, not to keep thinking of ourselves as exceptional cases.”

Thinking Sorrow Life Lesson

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James Russell Lowell

Poet, Essayist

“Silence is sorrow's best food.”

Silence Sorrow

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Friedrich Schiller

Playwright, Poet

“Sorrow is brief but joy is endless”

Joy Sorrow

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James Joyce

Novelist, Poet

“Every bond is a bond to sorrow.”

Sorrow

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Friedrich Schiller

Playwright, Poet

“Sorrows must die with the joys they outnumber.”

Joy Dies

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Fyodor Dostoevsky

Novelist, Philosopher

“Here is a commandment for you: seek happiness in sorrow. Work, work tirelessly.”

Sorrow Commandments

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James Taylor

Singer-Songwriter

“I gathered up my sorrows and I sold them all for gold. And I gathered up the gold, and I threw it all away.”

Sadness Gold Sorrow

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Friedrich Schiller

Playwright, Poet

“Courage, ne'er by sorrow broken! Aid where tears of virtue flow; Faith to keep each promise spoken! Truth alike to friend and foe!”

Broken Promise Sorrow

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Khalil

Poet, Novelist

“Vain are the beliefs and teachings that make man miserable, and false is the goodness that leads him into sorrow and despair, for it is man's purpose to be happy on this earth and lead the way to felicity and preach its gospel wherever he goes.”

Men Teaching Sorrow

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