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As with all people, his mortal run—a manifestly extraordinary one—will one day end, and the nation will sorrow then as it would have long ago.

From Time • Jul. 15, 2016

I doubt not but both thee and my little Peggy will sorrow when ’tis time to leave it.”

From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Madison, Lucy Foster

I from both will keep me, and thus will sorrow never.”

From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

Hence it follows, that if any good befall our neighbor, charity will rejoice; but if any evil happen to him, it will sorrow.

From True Christianity by Arndt, Johann

Probably we shall sorrow more than you will sorrow because of your having to leave what the Buddha so truly termed 'this burning-house of the world.

From In Ghostly Japan by Hearn, Lafcadio