“Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.”
Billy Graham (1918–2018) American Christian evangelist
“Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.”
Billy Graham (1918–2018) American Christian evangelist
Jimmy Magee (1935–2017) Gaelic games commentatot
As Katie Taylor triumphed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. irishtimes.com http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0811/1224321996178.html <br class="br">Olympic Games
“Shed no tear! O shed no tear!
The flower will bloom another year.”
John Keats (1795–1821) English Romantic poet
"Faery Songs", I (1818)
Context: Shed no tear! O shed no tear!
The flower will bloom another year.
Weep no more! O weep no more!
Young buds sleep in the root's white core.
“I shed more tears than God could ever have required.”
Arthur Rimbaud book Illuminations
Source: Illuminations
“How can I shed tears for a man I should never have allowed to touch me in any way?”
Janet Fitch book White Oleander
Source: White Oleander
“No tears are shed, when an enemy dies.”
Publilio Siro Latin writer
Maxim 376
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“And somewhere in heaven, Versace sheds a single, perfect tear.”
Rachel Caine (1962) American writer
Source: Midnight Alley