The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause
of all our adversities.
-- Sophocles
of all our adversities.
-- Sophocles
Related:
- The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves
--... - Marriage is the sole cause of
divorce... - How small of all that human hearts endure
That part which laws or kings can cause or cure!
Still to ourselves in every place ensigned Our own... - We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals;
others by their acts... - We once were as you are. Spears and arrows. There came a time when
our weapons grew faster than our wisdom,
and we almost destroyed ourselves. We learned from... - Time eases all things.
--
Sophocles (406... - Anything I make can become a cause for my
sorrow... - All of our best and oldest legends recognize that time
passes and that people grow old and die.
Alan Moore, The Dark Knight... - If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead
with tears,
gold were less prized than grief. -- Sophocles (496...
