Tears Quotes - Page 29

• Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek.

  John Milton

  Iron, Soul, Pluto

  'Il Penseroso' (1645) l. 105

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• And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls.

  Charles Lamb

  Memories, Long, Soul

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• I do not weep: I loathe tears, for they are a sign of slavery.

  Max Beckmann

  Slavery, Loathe

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• That very law which moulds a tear And bids it trickle from its source,- That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.

  Samuel Rogers

  Law, Earth, Spheres

  Samuel Rogers (1793). “The Pleasures of Memory”, p.118

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• Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in tears and understood Thee better in sorrow than in joy.

  George William Russell

  Forgive Me, Joy, Forgiving

  George William Russell (1926). “Collected poems”

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• When I step foot to my locker and change shoes for training, its like turning on a switch. I become a creature. Not a human. I look to tear apart anyone and everyone in my way to hugeness and I don't care how I do it. I can feel my heart start jumping and my body start saying "beat me into the ground like a red-headed step child. I want punishment" I WANT TO BE A FREAK, A FREAK I TELL YOU!!

  Jason Bennett

  Badass, Children, Heart

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• When it seems like the night will last forever,
  And there's nothing left to do but count the years,
  When the strings of my harp to sever,
  And stones fall from my eyes instead of tears...
  I will walk alone by the black muddy river,
  And dream me a dream of my own,
  I will walk alone by the black muddy river,
  And sing me a song of my own.

  Robert Hunter

  Dream, Song, Fall

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• Tears and fears and feeling proud
  To say I love you, right out loud
  Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
  I've looked at life that way.
  But now old friends are acting strange
  They shake their heads, they say I've changed
  Something's lost, but something's gained
  In living every day
  I've looked at life from both sides now
  From win and lose, and still somehow
  It's life's illusions I recall
  I really don't know life at all

  Joni Mitchell

  Dream, Song, Love You

  "Both Sides Now" (song) (1967)

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• I hear pounding feet in the streets below
  And the women crying and the children know
  That there's something wrong
  And it's hard to believe that love will prevail
  Oh it won't rain all the time
  The sky won't fall forever
  And though the night seems long
  Your tears won't fall forever

  Jane Siberry

  Song, Children, Rain

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• Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.

  Sallust

  Feelings, Sincerity, Weak

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• Babies are unreasonable; they expect far too much of existence. Each new generation that comes takes one look at the world, thinks wildly, "Is this all they've done to it?" and bursts into tears.

  Clarence Day

  Baby, Children, Thinking

  "The Crow's Nest".

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• We like little children, because they tear out as soon as they get what they want.

  Kin Hubbard

  Children, Want, Littles

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• A nation that does not support and encourage its theater is - if not dead - dying; just as a theater that does not capture with laughter and tears the social and historical pulse, the drama of its people, the genuine color of the spiritual and natural landscape, has no right to call itself theater; but only a place for amusement.

  Federico Garcia Lorca

  Spiritual, Laughter, Drama

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• There's a tear in his eye that refuses to fall. If it would land on me, that would say it all.

  Tim McGraw

  Pain, Fall, Eye

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• Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall. And get a massage - you look really stressed

  Ronald Reagan

  Wall, Stressed, Looks

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• Laugh often friends tho' passing years bring, sometimes, smiles and, sometimes, tears, for mirth forever warms and cheers. Laugh often!

  John McLeod

  Cheer, Laughter, Years

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• The nation wept tears of remorse for their leader: the tear-gas accomplished what was expected.

  Minimaks

  Leader, Accomplished, Gas

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• I hate the moment when suddenly my anger turns into tears

  Timothy Keller

  Sad, Hate, Heart Failure

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• The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears. [So when you are crying remember also to anticipate and look for the rainbow.]

  John Vance Cheney

  Eye, Rainbow, Soul

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• Don't cry when the sun is gone, because the tears won't let you see the stars. [When you lose one blessing, anticipate, look and work for a silver lining and when you find it, you will have a new grateful perspective.]

  Violeta Parra

  Stars, Grateful, Blessing

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• Every tear is answered by a blossom, Every sigh with songs and laughter blent, April-blooms upon the breezes toss them. April knows her own, and is content.

  Sarah Chauncey Woolsey

  Song, Laughter, Flower

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• Old April wanes, and her last dewy morn Her death-bed steeps in tears; to hail the May New blooming blossoms neath the sun are born, And all poor April's charms are swept away.

  John Clare

  Bed, Blooming, May

  John Clare (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of John Clare (Illustrated)”, p.383, Delphi Classics

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• Sweet April's tears, Dead on the hem of May.

  Alexander Smith

  Sweet, Hem, May

  alexander smith (1853). “poems”, p.112

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• While I have very little to say in favor of sex (it's vastly overrated, it's frequently unnecessary, and it's messy), it is greatly to be preferred to the interminable torments of romantic agony through which two people tear one another limb from limb while professing altruistic devotion.

  Quentin Crisp

  Love, Sex, Agony

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• Ungrateful are those on this earthly road, Who do complain that life is made of tears, That happiness on earth one cannot find, That we are made of sorrows and of fears.

  Frithjof Schuon

  Gratitude, Ungrateful, Sorrow

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