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Who spoke the most melancholy words?
An untrained young farmer marries Maud Muller. Each of them recalls the day of their meeting and regretfully muses on what might have been for the rest of their lives. The famous adage For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: It might have been appears in this poem. John Greenleaf Whittier. It doesn’t matter what you were going to say, so take this as a lesson and don’t say it.
What is the saddest story you can tell in six words?
Baby shoes, brand new, are for sale. Ernest Hemingway, despite the connection being improbable. Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway won a bet with friends to write a novel in six words when he came up with what has been called the saddest sentence ever. He said, For sale, Baby shoes, Never worn.