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"Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, and the pleasure taken in them naturally has a somewhat melancholy character. So, melancholy is morbid only when it occupies too much place in life; but it is equally morbid for it to be wholly excluded from life."
- Durkheim, Emile

<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/34937">Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, and the pleasure taken in them naturally has a somewhat melancholy character. So, melancholy is morbid only when it occupies too much place in life; but it is equally morbid for it to be wholly excluded from life.</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/2178/">Durkheim, Emile</a> on <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/subject/sadness/">Sadness</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com">Quotations Book</a>

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