Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life read more

Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.

Anger, tears and sadness are only for those who have given up

Anger, tears and sadness are only for those who have given up

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
[Lat., Nihil enim lacryma citius arescit.]

Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
[Lat., Nihil enim lacryma citius arescit.]

Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.

Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.

For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.

For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.

Words that weep, and tears that speak.

Words that weep, and tears that speak.

No radiant pearl, which crested Fortune wears,
No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's wars.
Not the read more

No radiant pearl, which crested Fortune wears,
No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's wars.
Not the bright stars which Night's blue arch adorn,
Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn,
Shine with such lustre as the tear that flows
Down Virtue's manly cheek for others' woes.

Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.

Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.