Genius is sorrow's child.
John Adams
There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.
Dante Alighieri
Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
Honore de Balzac
It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.
Miguel de Cervantes
Fans say I have a lot of sorrow in my eyes. It's true.
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
Patience is sorrow's salve.
Charles Churchill
All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.
Dan Colen
We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.
Confucius
Our common liberty is consecrated by a common sorrow.
George William Curtis
Since knowledge is but sorrow's spy, It is not safe to know.
William Davenant