“It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.”

—  Thomas Moore, book Lalla Rookh

Part VI http://books.google.com/books?id=HtQMAAAAYAAJ&amp;q=%22it+is+only+to+the+happy+that+tears+are+a+luxury%22&amp;pg=PA124#v=onepage. <br class="br"> Lalla Rookh http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00generallinks/lallarookh/index.html (1817), Part V-VIII: The Fire-Worshippers

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