
“Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.”
Maxim 376
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.”
“When a stargirl cries, she sheds not tears but light.”
Source: Stargirl
“Shed no tear! O shed no tear!
The flower will bloom another year.”
"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.
As Katie Taylor triumphed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. irishtimes.com http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0811/1224321996178.html
Olympic Games
St. 5
Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College http://www.thomasgray.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?text=odec (written 1742–1750)
“And somewhere in heaven, Versace sheds a single, perfect tear.”
Source: Midnight Alley
“…(hot, opalescent, thick tears that poets and lovers shed)…”
Source: Lolita