“Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the…” Benjamin Disraeli

Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.

In today’s wordsGrief is the agony of an instant; indulging in grief is the blunder of a lifetime.

Benjamin DisraeliCommonly attributed

Source: From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources, compiled by James Wood, 1893

Benjamin Disraeli: Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.