Tears Quotes

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The common growth of Mother Earth Suffices me,-her tears, her mirth, Her humblest mirth and tears. — William Wordsworth
My life was once whiskey, tears and cigarettes... now it's snot, tears and a color of poop. Bliss. I do miss the whiskey, though. — Unknown Author
Love is trusting, accepting, and believing, without guarantee. Love is patient and waits, but it's an active waiting, not a passive one. For it is… — Leo Buscaglia
When one has lost a friend one's eyes should be neither dry nor streaming. Tears, yes, there should be, but not lamentation. — Seneca the Younger
On hearing the news [of being awarded a Nobel Prize], a friend who knows me only too well, sent me this laconic message: 'Blood, toil,… — Max Perutz
We should all realize that no matter where or how a man dies, if he is in the state of mortal sin and does not… — Francis of Assisi
You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not… — Francis Pharcellus Church
One thing that helps is to give myself permission to write badly. I tell myself that I'm going to do my five or 10 pages… — Lawrence Block
Let every man remember that to violate the law, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his… — Abraham Lincoln
Tears throw a veil over our faults and allow us to accuse fate without fear or contradiction. — Italo Svevo
Spring is the season of gaiety, and winter of terror; in spring the heart of tranquility dances to the melody of the groves, and the… — Samuel Johnson
Worse than idle is compassion if it ends in tears and sighs. — William Wordsworth
Strange indeed is human nature. Here were these men, to whom murder was familiar, who again and again had struck down the father of the… — Arthur Conan Doyle
[T]he Clinton administration launched an attack on people in Texas because those people were religious nuts with guns. Hell, this country was founded by religious… — P.J. O'Rourke
Socrates dies with honor, surrounded by his disciples listening to the most tender words -the easiest death that one could wish to die. Jesus dies… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The mind lives through more, and the more cannot be fulfilled; that is impossible. IT ENDS IN TEARS. Every desire ends in frustration, because every… — Rajneesh
Whatever it is, / I cannot understand it, / although gratitude / stubbornly overcomes me / until I'm reduced to tears. — SaigyÅ
The tears into his eyes were brought, And thanks and praises seemed to run So fast out of his heart, I thought They never would… — William Wordsworth
Stress is caused by being here but wanting to be there, or being in the present but wanting to be in the future. It's a… — Eckhart Tolle
Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; 'Twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; Let it travel down the years, Let… — Henry Burton
Who can depart from his pain and aloneness without regret? Too many fragments of the spirit have I scattered in these streets, and too many… — Khalil Gibran
Don't let yourself forget that God's grace rewards not only those who never slip, but also those who bend and fall. So sing! The song… — Hildegard of Bingen
Some reckon their age by years, Some measure their life by art; But some tell their days by the flow of their tears And their… — Abram Joseph Ryan
Off with your hat, as the flag goes by! And let the heart have its say; you're man enough for a tear in your eye… — Henry Cuyler Bunner
The denial of death is openly acknowledged as a significant trait of our culture. The tears of the bereaved have become comparable to the excretions… — Unknown Author

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