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“None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]”

Heart Grief Grieving Rejoice

Author:Tacitus

“All tragedies deal with fated meetings; how else could there be a play? Fate deals its stroke; sorrow is purged, or turned to rejoicing; there is death, or triumph; there has been a meeting, and a change. No one will ever make a tragedy - and that is as well, for one could not bear it - whose grief is that the principals never met.”

Wells Has Beens Play Deals Grief Fate Bears Sorrow Mets Tragedy Meetings Triumph Rejoice Principal Strokes

Book:The Mask of Apollo

Source: The Mask of Apollo

“There are few sensations more painful, than, in the midst of deep grief, to know that the season which we have always associated with mirth and rejoicing is at hand.”

Knows Hands Grief Seasons Painful Christmas Midst Sensations Rejoice Mirth Deep Grief

Book:Traits of American Life

Source: Traits of American Life

“Rejoicing refers to moderation of spirit when the mind keeps itself in calmness under adversity and does not give indulgence to grief. Constant praying is the way of 'rejoicing perpetually', for by this means we ask from God alleviation in connection with all our distresses.”

Source: John Calvin's Bible Commentaries On St. Paul's Epistles To The Philippians, Colossians And Thessalonians

“To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own”

Giving Grief Prosperity Grieving Sympathy Rejoice Alleviate

Book:The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors

Source: The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors

“‎ When a person is born we rejoice, and when they're married we jubilate, but when they die we try to pretend nothing has happened.”

Trying Persons Dies Born Grief Happened Married Rejoice

Author:Margaret Mead

“Don't order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be radiant: leave grief to the children. Wear violet and purple. Be patient with the poor people who will snivel: they don't know; and they think they will live for ever, which makes death a division instead of a bond.”

People Thinking Knows Children Order Black Memories Poor Grief Patient Division Rejoice Poor People Violet Purple Be Patient Bereavement Rebellious Radiant

Author:George Bernard Shaw

“Let no one pray that they know not sorrow, Let no soul ask to be free from pain, For the gall of to-day is the sweet of to-morrow, And the moment's loss is the lifetime's gain. Through want of a thing does its worth redouble, Through hunger's pangs does the feast content, And only the heart that has harboured trouble Can fully rejoice when joy is sent. Let no one shrink from the bitter tonics Of grief, and yearning, and need, and strife, For the rarest chords in the soul's harmonics Are found in the minor strains of life.”

Knows Want Needs Heart Doe Soul Moments Pain Joy Asks Found Loss Grief Trouble Sweet Praying Sorrow Gains Lifetime Hunger Bitter Rejoice Yearning Minors Strife Strain Chords Shrinks Morrow

Author:Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“When you pray to God resignedly, as though patiently accepting the punishment of grief at the death of a loved one, and you say: "Thy will be done O Lord. The Lord giveth, and he taketh away", you have not yet known the God of love, for God giveth only. God never takes that which has not been given. What God gives to you you regive to Him for His regiving. You rejoice when God gives birth to life, yet you deeply grieve when you give rebirth to new life - for that is what death is.”

Life Giving Done Given Grief Known Accepting Lord Praying Birth Punishment God Love Grieving Loved Ones Rejoice Death Of A Loved One New Life Rebirth Praying To God Thy Will Be Done

Author:Walter Russell