best quotations about
Crying |
and Tears, Weeping
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Quotations
 | Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer 9 likes |
 | The eyes cannot see God well except through tears. — Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer 7 likes |
 | Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears. — Tacitus, 55-120 AD, Roman historian 4 likes |
 | The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears. — Wilson Mizner, 1876-1913, American playwright 4 likes |
 | Dry your tears, have no fears. — Bob Marley, 1945-1981, Jamaican singer 4 likes |
 | Those who never cry are full of tears. — Maurice Chapelan, 1906-1992, French author of maxims & journalist 4 likes |
 | Don't cry. The damned don't cry. — Eugene O’Neill, 1888-1953, American playwright, Nobel 1936 3 likes |
 | Tears do not burn except in solitude. — Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher 3 likes |
 | I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all. — Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, American President 2 likes |
 | The most foolish exaggeration is tears. It's annoying as a dripping tap. — Jules Renard, 1864-1910, French writer 2 likes |
 | It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused. — Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer 2 likes |
 | Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive. — Charlotte Brontë, 1816-1855, English novelist & poet 1 likes |
 | We need never be ashamed of our tears. |
 | All the world knows how to cry but not all the world knows how to sigh. Sighing is extra. |
 | Tears come from the heart and not from the brain. |
 | Tears flow and smiles fade to the same rhythm of life, to disappear together in the bottomless abyss. |
 | If women love diamonds, maybe it's because they look like tears. |
 | If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief. |
 | Tears are a form of communication – like speech – and require a listener. |
| He was healthier than the rest of us, but when you listened with the stethoscope you could hear the tears bubbling inside his heart. |
 | Don't cry, you idiot! Live or die, but don't poison everything. — Saul Bellow, 1914-2005, Canadian-American writer, Nobel 1976 |
 | Tears are an extreme smile. |
 | If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars. |
Quotes in Verse
 | Shed no tear! O shed no tear! The flower will bloom another year. — John Keats, 1795-1821, English poet 4 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | When you peel onions, you have to think of someone you love who has died, otherwise these are wasted tears. |
Ancient Greek
 | The beds are filled with tears longing for the men. Λέκτρα δ’ ανδρών πόθω πίμπλαται δακρύμασιν. — Aeschylus, 525-456 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Persians 8 likes |
 | Tears, the preludes of art. Δάκρυα, τα προοίμια της τέχνης. — Lucian, 120-180 AD, Ancient Syrian-Greek satirist 3 likes |
Proverbs
 | Life is like an onion, which one peels crying. 8 likes |
 | When you laugh, all see; when you cry, no one sees. 6 likes |
 | Don't be afraid to cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts. — American Indian proverb ‐ Hopi 4 likes |
| The soul would have no rainbow if the eye had no tears. 4 likes |
 | It's no use crying over spilt milk. 4 likes |
 | The woman cries before the wedding and the man after. 2 likes |
