Why do we say "Parting is such sweet sorrow"?

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Parting is such sweet sorrow

Meaning:

Parting is both sweet and sad

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Juliet: Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow

-- Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II (1594)

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