William Blake Quotes
Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?
Quotes to Explore
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When you celebrate, it's something that happens as a group. But when you mourn, sorrow is something that you handle as an individual.
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I'm probably the only relief pitcher who has more saves than strikeouts.
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Sorrow lies like a heartbeat behind everything I have written.
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The cure for sorrow is to learn something.
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There is no question that the conditions we are seeing at the New Orleans convention center are deplorable. This is one of the worst disasters our nation has ever faced and the challenges to getting people out of harm's way are immeasurable. Some relief efforts, such as those at the convention center, are not moving as quickly or as smoothly as we would like.
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We say, sorrow, disaster, calamity. God says, chastening and it sounds sweet to him though it is a discord to our ears. Don't faint when you are rebuked, and don't despise the chastening of the Lord. In your patience possess your souls.
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Sorrow burns up a great amount of shallowness.
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And here am I, budding among the ruins with only sorrow to bite on, as if weeping were a seed and I the earth's only furrow.
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Who would have listened to his tales of woe when his love was the flickering lamp over his own decaying tomb?
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When I am completely united to You, there will be no more sorrow or trials; entirely full of You, my life will be complete.
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Then came the war, old sport. It was a great relief, and I tried very hard to die, but I seemed to bear an enchanted life.
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My heart is tuned to sorrow, and the strings Vibrate most readily to minor chords, Searching and sad; my mind is stuffed with words Which voice the passion and the ache of things: Illusions beating with their baffled wings Against the walls of circumstance.
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The burden of this world is too great for one man to bear, and the world’s sorrow too heavy for one heart to suffer.
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Inopportune consolations increase a deep sorrow.
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New York was a relief - not all hierarchical and rule-bound.
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Never allow your own sorrow to absorb you, but seek out another to console, and you will find consolation.
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The thing I remember most about America is that it's silly. That can be quite a relief at times.
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And we call upon others to join us on the right side of history - for while small gains can be won at the barrel of a gun, they will ultimately be turned back if enough voices support the freedom of nations and peoples to make their own decisions.
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I'm probably the worst person in the world to give advice to puppeteers. My whole attitude towards puppets from the beginning was not one of love, but it was like anti-puppetry.
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Burning stakes do not lighten the darkness.
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Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?
