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“place where man laughs, sings, picks flowers, chases butterflies and pets birds, makes love with maidens, and plays with children. Here he spontaneously reveals his nature, the base as well as the noble. Here also he buries his sorrows and difficulties and cherishes his ideals and hopes. It is in the garden that men discover themselves. Indeed one discovers not only his real self but also his ideal self?he returns to his youth. Inevitably the garden is made the scene of man's merriment, escapades, romantic abandonment, spiritual awakening or the perfection of his finer self.”

“Children play earnestly as if it were work. But people grow up, and they work with a sorrow upon them. It's duty.”

People Ifs Children Play Grows Growing Up Duty Sorrow Children Playing

Author:Mary Oliver

“When you play the game for fun, it's fun. When you play it for a living, it's a game of sorrows.”

Play Games Fun Sorrow Golf

Author:Gary Player

“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

“Questions, inside the larger mystery of sorrow, which contains us and our daily transit, and is large enough indeed to contain the whole shifting tidal theater where I make small constructions, my metaphors, my defenses. Against which I play out theories, doubts, certainties bright as high tide in sunlight, which shift just as that brightness does, in fog or rain.”

Doe Enough Play Whole Doubt Mystery Theory Sorrow Rain Theater Metaphor Defense Certainty Construction Tides Sunlight Fog Shifting Brightness

Author:Mark Doty

“Bad is the trade that must play fool to sorrow, Ang'ring itself and others.”

Play Business Fool Sorrow Trade Rings

Book:King Lear

Source: King Lear

“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it.”

“Come little children I'll take thee away, into a land of Enchantment Come little children the time's come to play here in my garden of Shadows Follow sweet children I'll show thee the way through all the pain and the Sorrows Weep not poor childlen for life is this way murdering beauty and Passions Hush now dear children it must be this way to weary of life and Deceptions Rest now my children for soon we'll away into the calm and the Quiet Come little children I'll take thee away, into a land of Enchantment Come little children the time's come to play here in my garden of Shadows”

Way Children Littles Play Shows Pain Life Is Passion Poor Land Sweet Sorrow Quiet Shadow Garden Calm Dear Thee Deception My Children Weary Enchantment Hush Sweet Child

Author:Edgar Allan Poe