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  • As we have said, robust souls are sometimes almost, but not entirely, overthrown by strokes of misfortune....Despair has steps leading upward. From total depression we rise to despondency, from despondency to affliction, from affliction to melancholy. Melancholy is a twilight state in which suffering transmutes into a somber joy....Melancholy is the enjoyment of being sad.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Victor Hugo Quotes , Twilight Quotes , Joy Quotes
  • What can become of him if he is in such bondage to the habit of satisfying the innumerable desires he has created for himself? He is isolated, and what concern has he with the rest of humanity? They have succeeded in accumulating a greater mass of objects, but the joy in the world has grown less.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes , Joy Quotes , Humanity Quotes