Quote by John Emmett Richardson

He who is sorrowful can force himself to smile, but he who is glad cannot weep.

— Selma Lagerlöf

He shows a greater mind who does not restrain his laughter, than he who does not deny his tears.

— Seneca the Younger

He who laughs at everything is as big a fool as he who weeps at everything.

— Baltasar Gracian

He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.

— Abu Bakr

“We weep, tears of blood, we weep, In despair, crying, we weep; the sun forever has stolen the light from his eyes. No more…

— Jane Bierhorst

“Happy, even in anguish, is he to whom God has given a soul worthy of love and grief! He who has not seen the…

— Victor Hugo

“God is weeping. And how the people weep when they make God weep!”

— José Martí

“I took one look at his composed face and know he doesn’t understand, because if he did understand, he would be weeping, too, for…

— Marta Acosta

“He who laughs worst, weeps first”

— Paul Haddad

“Man only notices his sorrows; he takes his happiness for granted.”

— Dostoyevsky Fyodor

The really happy man never laughs - seldom - though he may smile. He does not need to laugh, for laughter, like weeping is…

— Francis Aveling

“He utterly honored his sorrow, gave in to it with such deep and boundless weeping that it seemed as I stood there he was…

— Kathleen Collins