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«Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad.»
Author: Christina G. Rossetti (Poet) | Keywords: by far, sad
«For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.»
«For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness.»
«Beginnings are usually scary and endings are usually sad, but it?s the middle that counts. You have to remember this when you find yourself at the beginning.»
«Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring comfort and help to the weak-hearted and will console you in the sad hours»
«Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.»
«Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock.»
«After intercourse every animal is sad, except the rooster and the human female»
«He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | About: Men | Keywords: sad
«He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | Keywords: sad, severe, severer