The Cello Is Such A Melancholy Instrument, Such An Isolated, Miserable Instrument.
I Never Knew A Man Troubled With Melancholy, Who Had Plenty To Do, And Did It.
Jeremiah Is A Most Melancholy Prophet. He Wails From Beginning To End; He Is Often Childish, Is Rarely Indecent, And Although It May Be Blasphemy To Say So, He And His 'lamentations' Are Really Not Worth Reading.
To Render My Works Properly Requires A Combination Of Extreme Precision And Irresistible Verve, A Regulated Vehemence, A Dreamy Tenderness, And An Almost Morbid Melancholy.
As A Remedy Against All Ills - Poverty, Sickness, And Melancholy - Only One Thing Is Absolutely Necessary: A Liking For Work
I Can Barely Conceive Of A Type Of Beauty In Which There Is No Melancholy.
The Most Melancholy Of Human Reflections, Perhaps, Is That, On The Whole, It Is A Question Whether The Benevolence Of Mankind Does Most Good Or Harm.
Indolence And Melancholy: Each Generates The Other. If One Can Speak Of Such Feeble Passions As Generating Anything.