loneliness proverbs

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Here is a collection of proverbs on loneliness. We all suffer from this dreaded state. Universally, you will find examples in folklores and sayings about loneliness.

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“Laugh and the world will laugh with you…..

weep and you will weep alone.” American Proverb

“The ailment of heart is known to one only.”

African Proverb

“A cold day or two or a little ice does not make winter.”

American Proverb

“None knows the weight of another's burden.”

English Proverb

“What was hard to bear is sweet to remember.”

Portuguese Proverb

“In the garden of time grows the flower of consolation.” Russian Proverb

“The worst ache is present ache.” Lebanese Proverb

“The motherless child is in the way when the stepmother bakes.”

Finnish Proverb

“There is blessedness is adversity.” Japanese Proverb

“The point of the thorn is small but who has felt it does not forget it.”

Italian Proverb

“Dance alone and you can jump all you wish.” Greek Proverb

“It is good to have companions in misery.”

English Proverb

“In hardship you know your friends.”

Japanese Proverb

“A fatherless child is half an orphan; a motherless child is a whole one.” Estonian Proverb

“It is better to be embarrassed than heartbroken.”

Yiddish Proverb

“Accusing the times is but accusing ourselves.”

English Proverb

“The chick loved by God will grow up, though motherless.” African Proverb

“A hard beginning has a good ending.”

English Proverb

“Only he who treads on the fire feels it.”

Libyan Proverb

“It is folly to fear what one cannot avoid.” Danish Proverb

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