Quote#Speech
Great sorrows cannot speak
Quote byJohn Donne · 1572–1631
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Elegies, No. 11, Death, line 2.
English (original)
Great sorrows cannot speak.
— John Donne
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