John Dryden Quotes

I cannot tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth.

One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often.

The condition of the wounded touched my heart deeply.

There's no greater way to gain an audience's sympathy than by being unfortunate.

Come all ye that pass by, and see if there is any sorrow like unto my sorrow.

He watched and wept and prayed and felt for all

The anguish I always feel when she's in pain wells up in my chest and threatens to register on my face.

Grief is the price we pay for love.

If I told you the tragedy parts, we'd all sit here and cry.

Sometimes I can only groan, and suffer, and pour out my despair at the piano!

After I got over the terrible pain of having something of mine taken from me, I began to think how bad everybody else must be feeling. It wasn't a nice time.

Tears are the silent language of grief.

Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe.

The dew of compassion is a tear.

Grief is an emotion that's almost unplayable because you're in a separate emotional state; it's an inconsolable emotion.

We are all victims because of the circumstances, but I'm not sure what to say to any one who has lost a loved one. I know the feeling myself, and words just don't do much to ease the pain.

Pity addresses the perceived suffering, not the whole individual.

Our own sorrows seem heavy enough, even when lifted by certain long-term joys. But watching others hurt is the breaker of most any heart.

My heart bled for the inhabitants.

It is difficult to ever think about your loved one having suffered.

Everybody has their pain.

Mirth cannot move a soul in agony.

Can I see another's woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, And not seek for kind relief? Can I see a falling tear, And not feel my sorrow's share? Can a father see his child Weep, nor be with sorrow filled? Can a mother sit and hear An infant groan, an infant fear? No, no! never can it be! Never, never can it be!

If you have ever lost a loved one, then you know exactly how it feels. And if you have not, then you cannot possibly imagine it.