“I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one.”
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“It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.”
“He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.”
“He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.”
“I would not know how I am supposed to feel about many stories if not for the fact that the TV news personalities make sad faces for sad stories and happy faces for happy stories.”
“That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers.”
“When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy today they peer beyond the seven seas, bury themselves waist deep in tidings, and by and large what they see and hear makes them unutterably sad.”
“The old know what they want the young are sad and bewildered.”
“When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.”
“It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.”
“What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease.”
“Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.”
“The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it.”
“What I really tried to do with Helen was make her show this sad side of her. She was married off at 16, was so young and living in this castle that can't leave because of how she looks, and married to a man she hates and three times her age.”
“I happen to be interested in watching a face age. I like faces of women aging so it makes me personally quite sad. That's a beautiful gift from God. If people don't want to see that anymore then I won't be in anymore movies.”
“I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world.”
“It's really sad looking at people like Lindsay Lohan. She's an amazing actress, but you see what happens when people know too much about your personal life. They start not being able to look at you the same way professionally. I don't want that to happen to me.”
“I always knew that St. Jude was an amazing organization but meeting the kids and seeing how the hospital works first hand was truly beautiful. It doesn't feel like a regular hospital all dreary and sad. It's a colorful, beautiful, comfortable, fun place to live and the energy is wonderful.”
“The past 6 and a half years have been the most amazing years of my life. It's sad it has come to an end but Avril and I are still family and moving forward in the most positive way possible.”
“Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.”
“Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.”
“I really believe that all of us have a lot of darkness in our souls. Anger, rage, fear, sadness. I don't think that's only reserved for people who have horrible upbringings. I think it really exists and is part of the human condition. I think in the course of your life you figure out ways to deal with that.”
“So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind while just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs.”
“Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope that it will remain a deception lest it become a utilitarian thing, sad as a factory.”