“It would be a lie to say that people are coming to adoption with joy at all times. Hope, perhaps, but it would be disingenuous to say that every part coming to an adoption isn't seriously grieving.” PeopleWould BeJoyLyingAll TimeGrievingAdoptionDisingenuous Author:Jennifer Gilmore
“Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it.” StillsUseLyingPrayingStonesGoldHolesGrievingFancy Book:Aesop's fables Source: Aesop's fables
“When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.” MenWorldHeartLittlesBeautifulLyingDesireParentSidesGriefCompassionMankindKingsMy HeartSorrowHolyCompetitionWitDebateVanityGrievingDividedContestsDisputesRivalsTombsFactionsAstonishmentEpitaphTombstoneHoly ManHeart Melt Book:The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory Notes ... Source: The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory Notes ...
“Go, grieving rimes of mine, to that hard stone Whereunder lies my darling, lies my dear, And cry to her to speak from heaven's sphere.” HardLyingSpeakHeavenGriefCryMinesStonesDearGrievingSpheresDarling Author:Petrarch