"Sorrow is a fruit: God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it."
Victor Hugo
Sorrow Quotes
35 FAMOUS QUOTES · SORROW
Sorrow Quotes
Read 35 famous sorrow quotes from great authors, with links to more quote topics.
"Joy and woe are woven fine, A clothing for the soul divine."
William Blake
"Patience is sorrow's salve."
Charles Churchill
“When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.”William Shakespeare
“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.”Khalil Gibran
“Genius is sorrow's child.”John Adams
“People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.”Ann Landers
"Envy is sorrow at another's good."
Thomas Aquinas
"The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow."
Mark Twain
“Even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.”
The Bible (Joel 1:12)