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'The melancholy of all things done' is the way Buzz once described his complete mental breakdown after returning from the moon. Booze. A couple of divorces. A psych ward. Broke. At one point he was selling cars.

— Jeanne Marie Laskas

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness.

— Nicolas Chamfort

There are so many cliches associated with mental health - such as the 'fine line between lunacy and genius' - which are, on the whole, a load of rubbish.

— Jo Brand

I think every human being has a level of melancholy in life and in general.

— Sandra Bullock

Melancholy is as seductive as Ecstasy.

— Mason Cooley

A lot of the time there is a lot of melancholy in the lyrics.

— Will Champion

He gave to misery (all he had) a tear.

— Thomas Gray

Depression is melancholy minus its charms - the animation, the fits.

— Susan Sontag

I'm sure there was some part of his soul was intrinsically happy, but he probably had to go through some permutations to really get that to blossom. I'm sure Dad had his challenges, but I think that joy was there from the beginning and he had to find a way to make his life support that and express that.

— Jennifer Grant

Retirement from work has depressed many a man and hastened his death.

— Ezra Taft Benson

At the end of the Depression, people were perhaps looking for something to cheer themselves up. They fell in love with a dog and a little girl. It won't happen again.

— Shirley Temple

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