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Tears Quotes - Page 3

If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father.

Burlesque of Lope de Vega's lines 'Si a quien los leones vence...', in Hester Lynch Piozzi 'Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson' (1786) p. 67

My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread.

Thomas Hood (1859). “The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hood: With a Biographical Sketch and Notes”, p.149

But smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when I am sad.

Anne Bronte (2009). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.185, ReadHowYouWant.com

I may be strong-minded, but no one can say I'm out of my sphere now, for woman's special mission is supposed to be drying tears and bearing burdens

J. M. Barrie, Charles Dickens, Johanna Spyri, Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum (2015). “Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Heidi, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Little City of Hope, The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…”, p.1110, e-artnow

beyond this place of wrath and tears looms but the horror of the shade

William Ernest Henley, Robert Louis Stevenson (1908). “The Works of W. E. Henley: Poems”