George MacDonald Quotes about Sadness

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Beauty and sadness always go together.

George MacDonald

Beauty, Sadness, Together

George MacDonald (2015). “The Complete Poetry of George MacDonald: A Book of Strife, in the Form of the Diary of an Old Soul + Rampolli: Growths from a Long-planted Root + A Hidden Life Collection and Other Poems”, p.95, e-artnow

As in all sweetest music, a tinge of sadness was in every note. Nor do we know how much of the pleasures even of life we owe to the intermingled sorrows. Joy cannot unfold the deepest truths, although deepest truth must be deepest joy.

George MacDonald

Sadness, Joy, Sorrow

George MacDonald (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)”, p.72, Delphi Classics