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0369  P
“If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take his own home again rather than take a portion out of the common stock.” — Solon
SADNESS, Perception, Pessimism, Doubt, Attitude

0370  P
“This I know - if all men should take their troubles to the market to barter with their neighbors, not one, when he had seen the troubles of other men, but would be glad to carry his own home again.” — Herodotus
SADNESS, Perception, Attitude, Pessimism, Doubt

0371  P
“If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.” — Socrates
SADNESS, Perception, Pessimism, Doubt, Attitude

0372  P
“Keep what you’ve got; the ills that we know are the best.” — Titus Maccius Plautus
SADNESS, Envy, Perception, Pessimism, Doubt, Attitude

0373
“The most unhappy of all men is he who believes himself to be so.” — David Hume
SADNESS, Happiness, Attitude, Perception

0374  C
“No grief is so acute but that time ameliorates it.” — Marcus Tulius Cicero
SADNESS, Death, Adversity

0375
“If grief is to be mitigated, it must either wear itself out or be shared.” — Madame Anne Swetchine
SADNESS, Death, Love

0376  A
“The burden of suffering seems a tombstone hung about our necks, while in reality it is only the weight which is necessary to keep down the diver while he is hunting for pearls.” — Jean Paul Richter
SADNESS, Adversity, Perception

0377  A
“Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.” — Phillip Bailey
SADNESS, Death

0378
“Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness; it is done involuntarily be nineteen- twentieths of mankind.” — John Stuart Mill
SADNESS, Happiness

0379
“Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck by the difference between what things are and what they might have been.” — William Hazlitt
SADNESS, Happiness, Potential, Perception, Conscience

0380
“Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.” — Sir William Temple
SADNESS, Pessimism, Death

0381
“Sorrow is a form of self-pity.” — John Fitzgerald Kennedy
SADNESS, Doubt, Death

0382
“Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.” — Oscar Wilde
SADNESS, Happiness, Attitude

0383  C
“There are no gains without pains.” — Benjamin Franklin
SADNESS, Perseverance, Adversity

0384  C
“There are no gains without pains.” — Adlai E. Stevenson
SADNESS, Perseverance, Adversity

SADNESS Cross-References
Wealth—10, 21-23, 27, 44 • Motivation—111 • Optimism—116, 132 • Perseverance—154 • Happiness—235-236, 240, 244, 246 • Pessimism—280, 286 • Adversity—292-293, 297, 300-301, 304-305 • Fear—336 • Doubt—341, 345-346, 349-350, 353 • Attitude—405, 414 • Perception—613, 620 • Originality—727 • Love—755, 773 • Charity—810 • Humility—826 • Anger—840 • Hate—857 • Conscience—966 • God—983, 998 • Arts—1080 • Accountability—1162 • Government—1271 • Individualism—1355 • Family & Friends—1356 • Death—1474