Source: Lolita
“Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.”
“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.
“No tears are shed, when an enemy dies.”
Maxim 376
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
As Katie Taylor triumphed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. irishtimes.com http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0811/1224321996178.html
Olympic Games
“And somewhere in heaven, Versace sheds a single, perfect tear.”
Source: Midnight Alley
“When a stargirl cries, she sheds not tears but light.”
Source: Stargirl
“Alas, tears are the poet's heritage!”
Juliet after the Masquerade. By Thompson
The Troubadour (1825)
“Mary sheds tears because men call her "The Mother of God."”
Chick tracts, " Why Is Mary Crying? http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0040/0040_01.asp" (1987)
“More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.”
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