
„A woman withers when she is watered only with tears.“
— Andrzej Majewski Polish writer and photographer 1966
Aphorisms. Magnum in Parvo (2000)
A collection of quotes on the topic of tear, can, doing, likeness.
„A woman withers when she is watered only with tears.“
— Andrzej Majewski Polish writer and photographer 1966
Aphorisms. Magnum in Parvo (2000)
„Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.“
— John Lennon English singer and songwriter 1940 - 1980
„I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.“
— Jane Austen, book Pride and Prejudice
Source: Pride and Prejudice
„I shed more tears than God could ever have required.“
— Arthur Rimbaud, book Illuminations
Source: Illuminations
„Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.“
— Gabriel García Márquez Colombian writer 1927 - 2014
„Beware when making a woman cry. God is counting her tears.“
— Paulo Coelho, book Adultery
Source: Adultery
„But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more.“
— Hans Christian Andersen, book The Little Mermaid
Source: The Little Mermaid
„If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.“
— Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds
6
Stray Birds (1916)
„Don't allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily“
— Paulo Coelho Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947
Total 1436 quotes tear, filter:
— Freddie Mercury British singer, songwriter and record producer 1946 - 1991
On his relationship with Mary Austin, as quoted in "Rock On Freddie" (1985).
Context: Our love affair ended in tears but a deep bond grew out of it, and that's something nobody can take away from us. It's unreachable … All my lovers ask me why they can't replace her, but it's simply impossible.
I don't feel jealous of her lovers because. of course, she has a life to lead, and so do I. Basically, I try to make sure she's happy with whoever she's with and she tries to do the same for me.
We look after each other and that's a wonderful form of love. I might have all the problems in the world, but I have Mary and that gets me through.
— Robert Baden-Powell lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement 1857 - 1941
— Osamu Tezuka Japanese cartoonist and animator 1928 - 1989
Quoted in Helen McCarthy, Osamu Tezuka: God of manga , translated by Fabio Deotto, Edizioni BD, 2010, back cover.
„I believe tears are holy, because they show us that the ice of our heart is melting.“
— Barbara De Angelis American psychologist 1951
— Amin Maalouf Francophone Lebanese writer based in France 1949
Source: The First Century After Beatrice
„If the Olive Trees knew the hands that planted them, Their Oil would become Tears.“
— Mahmoud Darwich Palestinian writer 1941 - 2008
„Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.“
— Ludwig Van Beethoven German Romantic composer 1770 - 1827
„God has seen your tears and heard your prayers. Fear not, the child will not die.“
— Grigori Rasputin Russian mystic 1869 - 1916
As quoted in the opening of The Chalice of Immortality - Page xi - Google Books Result https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1402215037
— Milkha Singh Indian track and field athlete 1935
While at the EME Army center in 1951 in the cross country race he was declared 6 in the top 10 who among the 500 who ran. Quoted in ‘Flying Sikh' takes a nostalgic jog down memory lane, 6 April 2012, 13 December 2013, The Hindu http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/flying-sikh-takes-a-nostalgic-jog-down-memory-lane/article3285904.ece,
— Freddie Mercury British singer, songwriter and record producer 1946 - 1991
On his relationship with Mary Austin, as quoted in "Rock On Freddie" (1985).
— Karen Blixen Danish writer 1885 - 1962
As quoted in Reader's Digest (April 1964)
Variant: I know a cure for everything. Salt water … in one form or another, sweat, tears or the salt sea.
Variant: The cure for anything is salt water — sweat, tears, or the sea.
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning English poet, author 1806 - 1861
Aurora Leigh http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/barrett/aurora/aurora.html (1857)
Context: And truly, I reiterate,.. nothing's small!
No lily-muffled hum of a summer-bee,
But finds some coupling with the spinning stars;
No pebble at your foot, but proves a sphere;
No chaffinch, but implies the cherubim:
And, — glancing on my own thin, veined wrist, —
In such a little tremour of the blood
The whole strong clamour of a vehement soul
Doth utter itself distinct. Earth's crammed with heaven,
And every common bush afire with God:
But only he who sees, takes off his shoes,
The rest sit round it, and pluck blackberries,
And daub their natural faces unaware
More and more, from the first similitude.
Bk. VII, l. 812-826.
„Nobody is worth your tears, and the one who is won't make you cry“
— Paulo Coelho, book The Alchemist
Source: The Alchemist
— Pauline Réage, book Story of O
Source: Story of O
„No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won't make you cry.“
— Dwight D. Eisenhower American general and politician, 34th president of the United States (in office from 1953 to 1961) 1890 - 1969
— Morrie Schwartz American sociologist 1916 - 1995
— Laura Ingalls Wilder American children's writer, diarist, and journalist 1867 - 1957
Michael Landon, in Little House on the Prairie (TV series), Season 2, Ep 8 (5 November 1975) "Remember Me", Part 1
Misattributed
— Anne Brontë, book The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XV : An Encounter and its Consequences; Gilbert Markham
— Paul McCartney English singer-songwriter and composer 1942
Source: Blackbird Singing: Poems and Lyrics, 1965-1999
— Frédéric Chopin Polish composer 1810 - 1849
Stuttgart. After 8th September 1831.
Source: "Selected Correspondence Of Fryderyk Chopin"; http://archive.org/stream/selectedcorrespo002644mbp/selectedcorrespo002644mbp_djvu.txt
— Empedocles, book On Nature
fr. 6
On Nature
Original: (el) τέσσαρα γὰρ πάντων ῥιζώματα πρῶτον ἄκουε· Ζεὺς ἀργὴς Ἥρη τε φερέσβιος ἠδ’ Ἀιδωνεύς Νῆστίς θ’, ἥ δακρύοις τέγγει κρούνωμα βρότειον.
Source: Aidoneus corresponds to Hades.
Source: Nestis corresponds to Persephone.
„Blood sweat and tears homie I'm made of it“
— Kid Cudi American rapper, singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor from Ohio 1984
-Dat New New
Music
2005
„We cannot tear a single page from our life, but we can throw the whole book into the fire.“
— George Sand, book Mauprat
Nous ne pouvons arracher une seule page de notre vie, mais nous pouvons jeter le livre au feu.
Source: Mauprat, ch. 11 (1837); Matilda M. Hays (trans.) Mauprat (London: E. Churton, 1847) p. 121
„Ceaseless as the interminable voices of the bell-cricket, all night till dawn my tears flow.“
— Murasaki Shikibu, book The Tale of Genji
Source: Tale of Genji, The Tale of Genji, trans. Arthur Waley, Ch. 1
— Patrick Rothfuss, book The Name of the Wind
Source: The Name of the Wind (2007), Chapter 86, “The Fire Itself” (pp. 672-673)
„Poetry is written with tears, fiction with blood, and history with invisible ink.“
— Carlos Ruiz Zafón, book The Angel's Game
Source: The Angel's Game
„Tears do not burn except in solitude.“
— Emil M. Cioran Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911 - 1995
Source: On the Heights of Despair (1934)
— Amy Bloom Fiction writer, screenwriter, social worker, psychotherapist 1953
„Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears“
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb, book The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
„Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.“
— Billy Graham American Christian evangelist 1918 - 2018
„Ennui is the echo in us of time tearing itself apart.“
— Emil M. Cioran, book A Short History of Decay
A Short History of Decay (1949)
— Ronald Reagan American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989) 1911 - 2004
Speech at the Brandenburg Gate. (12 June 1987)
1980s, Second term of office (1985–1989)
— Gregory David Roberts, book Shantaram
Source: Shantaram
— Jimmy Carter American politician, 39th president of the United States (in office from 1977 to 1981) 1924
Source: Through the Year with Jimmy Carter: 366 Daily Meditations from the 39th President
„She's a tear that hangs inside my soul forever“
— Jeff Buckley American singer, guitarist and songwriter 1966 - 1997
„The worst kind of pain is when you're smiling just to stop the tears from falling.“
— Hiro Mashima Japanese manga artist 1977
— Emil M. Cioran Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911 - 1995
Source: On the Heights of Despair (1934)
— Sylvia Plath American poet, novelist and short story writer 1932 - 1963
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
„Even when a river of tears courses through this body, the flame of love cannot be quenched.“
— Izumi Shikibu Japanese poet 976 - 1033
— Phillis Wheatley American poet 1753 - 1784
"To a Gentleman and Lady on the Death of the Lady's Brother and Sister, and a Child of the Name of Avis, aged one Year." st. 2, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773)
— Osamu Tezuka Japanese cartoonist and animator 1928 - 1989
Source: http://www.tcj.com/tezuka-osamu-and-american-comics/ Tezuka Osamu and American Comics
— Brandon Flowers American indie rock singer 1981
When asked what surprised him about being a husband and a father?
" Brandon Flowers On His Sons http://www.ibabycouture.com/blog/?p=3729", BabyCouture (accessed December 20, 2010)
„More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.“
— Truman Capote American author 1924 - 1984
Disputed
— Spiro Agnew 39th Vice President of the United States 1918 - 1996
Speech at a Florida Republican dinner, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (April 28, 1970); reported in Collected Speeches of Spiro Agnew (1971), p. 135.
— Jordan Peterson Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology 1962
2017 Maps of Meaning 4: Marionettes and Individuals (Part 3) [54:55-56:15]
Maps of Meaning
— James Montgomery British editor, hymn writer, and poet 1771 - 1854
The Issues of Life and Death.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
— Amy Winehouse English singer and songwriter 1983 - 2011
Back To Black
Song lyrics, Back To Black (2006)
— Fats Domino American R&B musician 1928 - 2017
Ain't That a Shame (1955) co-written with Dave Bartholomew
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, book Elective Affinities
Tränenreiche Männer sind gut. Verlasse mich jeder, der trocknen Herzens, trockner Augen ist!
Bk. I, Ch. 18, R. J. Hollingdale, trans. (1971), p. 147
Elective Affinities (1809)
— Judy Garland actress, singer and vaudevillian from the United States 1922 - 1969
Letter to Harold Arlen, as quoted in Over the Rainbow : The Wizard of Oz as a Secular Myth of America (1991) by Paul Nathanson, p. 340
— Gerard Manley Hopkins, The Wreck of the Deutschland
"The Wreck of the Deutschland", lines 115-118
Wessex Poems and Other Verses (1918)
— Du Fu Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty 712 - 770
"Moonlit Night" https://allpoetry.com/Moonlit-Night (trans. David Lunde)
— Michael Jackson American singer, songwriter and dancer 1958 - 2009
On his father & the whippings he & his brothers would receive from him
Living with Michael Jackson (2002)
— Thomas De Quincey, book Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Pt. I.
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1822-1856)
The Dryness and the Rain.
Brother, Sister (2006)
„They ask you for facts, proofs, works, and all you can show them are transformed tears.“
— Emil M. Cioran Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911 - 1995
The New Gods (1969)
— Dottie West American country music singer 1932 - 1991
From an interview with "The Nashville Network" in 1991, putting rumors aside that she might be retiring.
— Juan Antonio Villacañas Spanish poet, essayist and critic 1922 - 2001
"New Songs for After the Tears", from Revolt of a Newborn (1973)
„No tears are shed, when an enemy dies.“
— Publilio Siro Latin writer
Maxim 376
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
„Circumstance is a factory of tears.“
— P. L. Deshpande Marathi writer, humourist, actor, dramatist 1919 - 2000
From his various literature
Original: (mr) परिस्थिति हा अश्रूंचा कारखाना आहे!.
Source: These words are uttered by the lead character of his work with the same name - Sakharam Gatne.