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No, no; 'tis all men's office to speak patience To those that wring under the load of sorrow, But no man's virtue nor sufficiency To be so moral when he shall endure The like himself. Therefore give me no counsel: My

No, no; 'tis all men's office to speak patience To those that wring under the load of sorrow, But no man's virtue nor sufficiency To be so moral when he shall endure The like himself. Therefore give me no counsel: My griefs cry louder than advertisement.

William Shakespeare
Grief, Men, Office
William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.120

You have but mistook me all the while... I live by bread like you, taste grief, feel want, need friends. Conditioned thus how can you call me king?

William Shakespeare
Kings, Grief, Needs

Mine eyes are full of tears, my heart of grief.

William Shakespeare
Grief, Heart, Eye
William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Edmond Malone, Alexander Chalmers (1856). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copies Left by the Late George Steevens, Esq., and Edmond Malone, Esq., with Mr. Malone's Various Readings; a Selection of Explanatory and Historical Notes, from the Most Eminent Commentators; a History of the Stage, and a Life of Shakspeare; by Alexander Chalmers, F.S.A.”, p.387

Poor Desdemona! I am glad thy father's dead. Thy match was mortal to him, and pure grief Shore his old thread in twain.

William Shakespeare
Father, Grief, Poor
Shane Barnes, Aidan Coleman, William Shakespeare (2011). “Othello”, p.193, Insight Publications

a young woman in love always looks like patience on a monument smiling at grief

William Shakespeare
Grief, Looks, Young
Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, A. C. Ward (1965). “Northanger abbey”

It were a grief so brief to part with thee. Farewell.

William Shakespeare
Grief, Farewell, Thee
William Shakespeare (1853). “Romeo and Juliet ...”, p.89

She never told her love, but let concealment, like a worm 'i th' bud, feed on her damask cheek. She pinned in thought; and, with a green and yellow melancholy, she sat like Patience on a monument, smiling at grief. Was not this love indeed? We men may say more, swear more; but indeed our shows are more than will; for we still prove much in our vows but little in our love.

William Shakespeare
Grief, Men, Yellow
'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 2, sc. 4, l. [108]

But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she. Be not her maid, since she is envious; Her vestal livery is but sick and green And none but fools do wear it; cast it off. It is my lady, O, it is my love! Oh, that she knew she were!

William Shakespeare
Art, Grief, Moon
'Romeo And Juliet' (1595) act 2, sc. 2, l. 10

When remedies are past, the griefs are ended By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended. To mourn a mischief that is past and gone Is the next way to draw new mischief on. What cannot be preserved when fortune takes, Patience her injury a mockery makes. The robb'd that smiles steals something for the thief; He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.

William Shakespeare
Grief, Past, Thieves
1603-4 Duke to Brabanzio. Othello, act1, sc.3, l.201-4.

For grief is crowned with consolation.

William Shakespeare
Sympathy, Condolences, Grief
"Antony and Cleopatra" by William Shakespeare, Act I, scene 2, line 173, 1600s.

A heavier task could not have been impos'd, Than I to speak my griefs unspeakable.

William Shakespeare
Grief, Tasks, Speak
William Shakespeare (1836). “The works of Shakespeare”, p.292

A plague of sighing and grief! It blows a man up like a bladder.

William Shakespeare
Grief, Sadness, Blow
'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 2, sc. 4, l. [370]

Cease to lament for that thou canst not help; and study help for that which thou lamentest.

William Shakespeare
Grief, Helping, Study
William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier (1853). “The Works of Shakespeare: The Text Regulated by the Recently Discovered Portfolio of 1632, Containing Early Manuscript Emendations ; with a History of the Stage, a Life of the Poet, and an Introduction to Each Play”, p.103

Great griefs medicine the less.

William Shakespeare
Grief, Medicine
William Shakespeare, Thomas Price (1853). “The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy--delineations of Character--paintings of Nature and the Passions--one Thousand Aphorisms--and Miscellaneous Pieces”, p.457

Grief hath two tongues; and never woman yet Could rule them both without ten women's wit.

William Shakespeare
Grief, Two, Tongue
William Shakespeare, Colin Burrow (2002). “The Complete Sonnets and Poems”, p.227, Oxford University Press on Demand

I am not mad; I would to heaven I were! For then, 'tis like I should forget myself; O, if I could, what grief should I forget!

William Shakespeare
Depression, Grief, Mad
William Shakespeare (1996). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.316, Wordsworth Editions

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