Quote#Sadness
We hear the rain fall, but not the snow. Bitter grief is loud, calm…
Quote byBerthold Auerbach · 1812–1882
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose (1889), On the Heights (Bunnett, trans.).
English (original)
We hear the rain fall, but not the snow. Bitter grief is loud, calm grief is silent.
— Berthold Auerbach
More from Berthold Auerbach
Only what thou art in thyself determines thy value, not what thou hast.
He who possesses a firm faith, although in solitude, is not alone.
Being alone when one’s belief is firm, is not to be alone.
Books make men alone for themselves.
Perfect solitude is when, for a whole day, no human eye has beheld your face.
It lies in our own power to attune the mind to cheerfulness.