Quotations, Proverbs & Sayings

Research Database of Quotes

It is sometimes difficult to be inspired when trying to write a persuasive essay, book report or thoughtful research paper. Often of times, it is hard to find words that best describe your ideas. Paper-Research now provides a database of over 150,000 quotations and proverbs from the famous inventors, philosophers, sportsmen, artists, celebrities, business people, and authors that are aimed to enrich and strengthen your essay, term paper, book report, thesis or research paper.

Try our free search of constantly updated quotations and proverbs database.

Browse Topics

(Click a letter to view the topics)
A B C D E F
G
H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Grief

«Grief and sadness knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger than common joys»
«Grief and greed are as inextricably entwined as love and marriage should be.»
Author: Ann Kent | About: Grief | Keywords: inextricably
«Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief.»
Author: Swedish Proverb | About: Friends, Friendship, Grief | Keywords: divides, doubles
«Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not»
Author: Xenophon | About: Grief | Keywords: excess
«Every Winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down into a vale of grief, And fasts, and weeps, and shrouds herself in sables»
«For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the noise of battle. [It] has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty.»
Author: John Cheever | About: Grief, Poetry | Keywords: lends, universality, youthful
«Given a choice between grief and nothing, I'd choose grief.»
Author: William Faulkner (Novelist, Writer) | About: Grief | Keywords: grief
«Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.»
Author: Seneca | About: Grief
«Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids it break.»
«Feed on her damask cheek: she pined in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief»

Pages: « Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next »