FastSaying

But as, in ethics, evil is a consequence of good, so, in fact, out of joy is sorrow born. Either the memory of past bliss is the anguish of today, or the agonies which are have their origin in the ecstasies which might have been.

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

joymemorypastsorrowyearning

Related Quotes

In our endeavors to recall to memory something long forgotten, we often find ourselves upon the very verge of remembrance, without being able, in the end, to remember.
— Edgar Allan Poe
memory
Deep in earth my love is lying
And I must weep alone.
— Edgar Allan Poe
bereavementcryingsorrow
Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!
— Edgar Allan Poe
deathheartbreakmemory
Joy's recollection is no longer joy, while sorrow's memory is sorrow still
— Lord Byron
JoyMemorySorrow
Thank Heaven! The crisis /The danger is past, and the lingering illness, is over at last /, and the fever called ''Living'' is conquered at last.
— Edgar Allan Poe
CrisisDangerHeaven