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Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.
by ithkuil 6y ago
Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.
- tpoacher 6y agoI like this quote :)
- ithkuil 6y agoOriginal version: La mélancolie, c'est le bonheur d'être triste (victor hugo)
- EastSmith 6y agoMelancholy is what you feel watching the movie Melancholy.
- elboru 6y agoIt’s weird, I’ve heard that definition before. But it has never clicked in my mind. I feel melancholy in a different way. I’m lucky though, I had a happy childhood and I have a happy adult life too, I also haven’t lost too many relatives/friends in my lifetime. So when something reminds me of my childhood I’ve never experienced sadness. Is there another word that would fit better my feeling?
- throwanem 6y agoNostalgia, maybe. That's the pang you sometimes get when thinking back on better days, or on days that seem better across a span of years than they did when they were new.
- ithkuil 6y agoThere can be different reasons to be sad for a long gone past: * You were sad in the past and you're remembering being sad * You were happy in the past and you're a bit "sad" this time has gone or that you forgot what it was like to be X etc I believe melancholy is the latter. You're not truly sad because you're also enjoying a nice memory but at the same time you're also a bit sad it's gone (hence the "happiness of being sad")