Quotes by Lament No to laugh, not to lament, not to detest, but to understand. Baruch Spinoza lament detest laughing And over your unconsecrated head you'll hear the howling wolves lament their fate and yours the livelong year. Charles Baudelaire lament fate years When we are stirred to lament the loss of the gods, it is more than likely the gods who are doing the stirring. J. M. Coetzee stirring lament loss My heart sobbed a lament that was hard to ignore. Katie MacAlister lament broken-heart my-heart I didn't want normal until I didn't have it anymore Maggie Stiefvater lament normal want We are more prone to murmur at the punishment of our faults than to lament them. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington lament punishment faults Jeremiah has to lament that there are as many altars as towns in Judah. Julius Wellhausen many lament towns