Seneca the Younger Quotes About Grief
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The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched.
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Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.
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Light griefs are plaintive , but great ones are dumb
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That grief is light which can take counsel.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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It is sweet to mingle tears with tears; Griefs, where they wound in solitude, Wound more deeply.
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Light griefs do speak, while sorrow's tongue is bound.
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Nothing becomes so offensive so quickly as grief. When fresh it finds someone to console it, but when it becomes chronic, it is ridiculed and rightly.
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Unfamiliarity lends weight to misfortune, and there was never a man whose grief was not heightened by surprise.
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