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If the heart is sad, tears will flow…

Posted by Nabil Medawar in Quotations, tags: Tears

A small cottage wherein laughter lives is worth more than a castle full of tears.~ Chinese Proverb
A wise man sees only water in the tears of a woman.~ Russian Proverb
A woman’s tears are worth a lot, but cost little.~ Spanish Proverb
Delicious tears! The heart’s own dew.~ Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Don’t be misled by the tears of a beggar.~ Bosnian Proverb
He wastes his tears who weeps before the judge.~ Italian Proverb
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.~ Winston Churchill
In art there are tears that lie too deep for thought.~ Louis Kronenberger
In youth, one has tears without grief; in age, grief without tears.~ French Proverb
Learn from your tears and you will win laughing.~ Spanish Proverb
Let a man accept his destiny. No pity and no tears.~ Euripides
Love begins with song and music and ends in a sea of tears.~ Italian Proverb
Men must sew up tears with gentleness.~ Arabian Proverb
Morning rain and women’s tears dry as fast as each other.~ Czech Proverb
My tears of love are a waste of time if I turn away.~ Kim Wilde
No more tears now; I will think upon revenge.~ Mary Stuart
Nothing wipes your tears away but your own hand.~ African Proverb
Onions, smoke and women bring tears to your eyes.~ Danish Proverb
Only eyes washed by tears can see clearly.~ Louis L. Mann
Only to have a grief equal to all these tears!~ Adrienne Rich
Patience begins with tears and ends with a smile.~ Spanish Proverb
Pearls mean tears.~ Doris Lessing
Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labor to overcome the cloud that loads em.~ Thomas Otway
Tears are the silent language of grief.~ Voltaire
Tears are the summer showers to the soul.~ Alfred Austin
Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.~ Henri Frederic Amiel
Tears come more often from the eyes than from the heart.~ Russian Proverb
Tears have meaning but only he who sheds them understands.~ Armenian Proverb
Tears may be dried up, but the heart never.~ Margaret Valois
Tears mess up your makeup.~ Julia Child
Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.~ Hosea Ballou
Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.~ Billy Graham
Tears such as angels weep.~ John Milton
The busy have no time for tears.~ Lord Byron
The eyes of all cheats are full of tears.~ Bosnian Proverb
There are times when God asks nothing of his children except silence, patience and tears.~ C. S. Robinson
The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.~ John Vance Cheney
The tears of the roasting meat kindle the fire even more.~ Iranian Proverb
The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.~ St. Bernard
Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed.~ Natalie Clifford Barney
We know God wipes away all tears, but it certainly feels good when He uses human hands.~ Mary Paulson-Lauda
Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one’s nose.~ Heinrich Heine
What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.~ Jewish Proverb
When you die, your sister’s tears will dry as time goes on, your widow’s tears will end in another’s arms, but your mother will mourn you until the day she dies.~ Arabian Proverb
Who bathes his hands in blood will have to wash them with tears.~ German Proverb