“There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time in the midst of wretchedness.”
More from Dante on Grief
“There is no greater sorrow than to recall our time of joy in wretchedness.”
“There is no greater sorrow than to recall in misery the time when we were happy.”
“There is no greater sorrowthan thinking back upon a happy timein misery--”
“There is no greater sorrowThan to recall a happy timeWhen miserable.”
“There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.”
“There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery”
Others on Grief
Jojo Moyes
3 quotes“It is the death of hope that comes as the greatest relief”
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
2 quotes“The punctuation of anniversaries is terrible, like the closing of doors, one after another between you and what you want...”
C.S. Lewis
2 quotes“The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal.”
Molière
2 quotes“If you suppress grief too much it can well redouble.”
Seneca
2 quotes“Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.”
Abraham Lincoln
1 quote“I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.”
Albert Schweitzer
1 quote“The tragedy in a man’s life is what dies inside of him while he lives.”
Alexandre Dumas
1 quote“He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.”
Alfred Tennyson
1 quote“A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.”
William Wordsworth
1 quote“Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.”
Emily Dickinson
1 quote“A great hope fellYou heard no noiseThe ruin was within.”
Gregory Maguire
1 quote“Oh, everything is gorgeous once it's gone.”