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Tears Quotes - Page 24

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.

Woodrow Wilson, United States. President (1913-1921 : Wilson) (1924). “The messages and papers of Woodrow Wilson”

Worse than idle is compassion if it ends in tears and sighs.

William Wordsworth (1847). “The Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.102

One tires of a page of which every sentence sparkles with points, of a sentimentalist who is always pumping the tears from his eyes or your own.

William Makepeace Thackeray (1853). “The English humourists of the eighteenth century: a series of lectures”, p.276

They told me, Heraclitus, they told me you were dead, / They brought me bitter news to hear, and bitter tears to shed.

'Heraclitus'; translation of Callimachus 'Epigram 2' in R. Pfeiffer (ed.) 'Callimachus' (1949-53)

When from soft love proceeds the deep distress, ah! why forbid the willing tears to flow?

William Cowper (1874). “The poetical works of William Cowper, ed: with notes and biographical introd. by William Benham”, p.10

And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.

William Cowper (1854). “The Poetical Works of William Cowper”, p.74

And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

Sir Walter Scott, John Gibson Lockhart, Joseph Mallord William Turner (1841). “The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Complete in One Volume. With Introductions and Notes..”, p.202

False modesty is an attempt to tear yourself down. True humility focuses more on build up others.

Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker (2011). “The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge”, p.693, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

We weep when we are born, Not when we die!

thomas bailey aldrich (1875). “cloth of gold and other poems”, p.127

He brushed my tears from my face. "How did I find you?

Tammara Webber (2012). “Easy”, p.237, Penguin UK

I wonder if I cry whether my tears would be gray.

Susan Beth Pfeffer (2015). “The Life As We Knew It Collection”, p.183, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I know she is crying. Her tears fall on the wrong side, into the bottomless well inside her.

Susan Abulhawa (2010). “Mornings in Jenin”, p.82, Bloomsbury Publishing