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If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.
If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
A child of those tears.
[Lat., Filius istarum lacrymarum.]
A child of those tears.
[Lat., Filius istarum lacrymarum.]
And the tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
And the tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
[Lat., Nihil enim lacryma citius arescit.]
Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
[Lat., Nihil enim lacryma citius arescit.]
For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.
For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.
We weep when we are born,
Not when we die!
We weep when we are born,
Not when we die!
Tears are the summer showers to the soul.
Tears are the summer showers to the soul.
Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it.
Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it.
