Age Quote by Anonymous

The tears of the young who go their way, last a day; But the grief is long of the old who stay.

— John Townsend Trowbridge

Youth offers the promise of happiness, but life offers the realities of grief.

— Nicholas Sparks

Tears are the silent language of grief.

— Voltaire

“cry, child, for those without tears have a grief which never ends.”

— Luis J. Rodriguez

There is this difference between the grief of youth and that of old age; youth's burden is lightened by as much of it as…

— O. Henry

Grief isn't all tears.

— Patti Smith

Tears hinder sorrow from becoming despair.

— Leigh Hunt

Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.

— Ovid

Unhappiness is selfish, grief is selfish. For whom are the tears?

— Jeanette Winterson

Youth knows no remedy for grief but death.

— Winifred Holtby

“Tears of grief are unique. They contain chemicals that aren't found in the more mundane droplets of moisture that bathe the eyes, as if…

— Carol Cassella

In grief, words are a poor consolation - silence and agonizing tears are all that is left the sufferer.

— Mary Todd Lincoln