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“I could have spoken from Rhode Island where I have been staying ... But I felt that, in speaking from the house of Lincoln, of Jackson, and of Wilson, my words would better convey both the sadness I feel in the action I was compelled today to make and the firmness with which I intend to pursue this course until the orders of the federal court at Little Rock can be executed without unlawful interference." (On sending troops to enforce integration in Little Rock AR High School)”

“Time passes cold and indifferent over us; it knows nothing of our joys or sorrows; it leads us with ice-cold hand deeper and deeper into the labyrinth.”

Knows Hands Joy Time Cold Sorrow Deeper Ice Indifferent Labyrinth Time Passes

Author:Johann Ludwig Tieck

“Shorten my days thou canst with sullen sorrow, And pluck nights from me, but not lend a morrow; Thou canst help time to furrow me with age, But stop no wrinkle in his pilgrimage.”

Helping Age Night Time Grief Sorrow Old Age Wrinkles Morrow Pilgrimage Pluck Sullen

Book:The New Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works

Source: The New Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works

“A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.”

Remember Time Sorrow Crowns Happier Times

Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson

“The busy have no time for tears.”

Time Literature Tears Sorrow Busy Tears Of Sorrow

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)

“They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite”

Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess

“Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.”

Ifs Matter Done Age Time Left Behinds Sorrow Aging Old Age Thanks Birthday Work Done

Author:Thomas Carlyle

“The busy bee has no time for sorrow.”

Time Sorrow Busy Bees Honey Bee Bees And Honey Busy Bee

Book:Collected Poems

Source: Collected Poems

“Short time seems long in sorrow's sharp sustaining.”

Long Seems Time Sorrow Short Time Sustaining

Book:The Complete Sonnets and Poems

Source: The Complete Sonnets and Poems

“There is sorrow in finitude. The Self is beyond time, space and objects. It is infinite and hence of the nature of absolute happiness.”

Self Time Space Objects Sorrow Absolutes Infinite Finitude

Author:Adi Shankara