I wonder at the idleness of tears. (Quote by - Lizette Woodworth Reese)

She was a good deal shock'd; not shock'd at tears, For women shed and use them at their liking; But there is something when man's eye appears Wet, still more disagreeable and striking. (Quote by - Lord Byron)

Many shed tears merely for show, and have dry eyes when no one's around to observe them. (Quote by - Lucius Annaeus Seneca)

We look through gloom and storm-drift Beyond the years: The soul would have no rainbow Hard the eyes no tears. (Quote by - John Vance Cheney)

No radiant pearl, which crested Fortune wears, No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's wars. Not the bright stars which Night's blue arch adorn, Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn, Shine with such lustre as the tear that flows Down Virtue's manly cheek for others' woes. (Quote by - Erasmus Darwin)

I will never forget my beautiful days with you in Shanklin, they are certainly the most pleasant ones of my life. Look, I have tears in my eyes just to think about it. I am furious to be here, it is the end of happiness for a whole year. (Quote by - Camille Claudel)

My tears will keep no channel, know no laws to guide their streams, but like the waves, their cause, run with disturbance till they swallow me as a description of his misery. (Quote by - John Cleveland)

Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are. (Quote by - Arthur Golden)

Let your tears come. Let them water your soul. (Quote by - Eileen Mayhew)

Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile. (Quote by - Julie Burchill)

Tears are the natural penalties of pleasure. It is a law that we should pay for all that we enjoy. (Quote by - William Gilmore Simms)

Dear Lord, though I be changed to senseless clay, And serve the Potter as he turn his wheel, I thank Thee for the gracious gift of tears! (Quote by - Thomas Bailey Aldrich)

Tears are the silent language of grief. (Quote by - Voltaire)

If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself. (Quote by - Horace)

Thank God for grace, Ye who weep only! If, as some have done, Ye grope tear-blinded in a desert place And touch but tombs,--look up! Those tears will run Soon in long rivers down the lifted face, And leave the vision clear for stars and sun. (Quote by - Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

Dr. Rice went well beyond offering a helping hand - she went so far as to shed tears and share hugs with those who, in a matter of just a few hours, had lost everything to the rising floodwaters. (Quote by - Jo Bonner)

If we have been brought up with the idea that life is for suffering and sacrifice, then of course we would seek death to escape this 'vale of tears'. (Quote by - Claude Vorilhon)

And I just remember, you know, breaking into tears and feeling so empty because, as long as Elvis was in the world, you always knew something was going and he always had something that kept everybody mesmerized. (Quote by - Jackie DeShannon)

Why would I cry over a boy? I would never waste my tears on a boy. Why waste your tears on someone who makes you cry? (Quote by - Kirsten Dunst )

The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face. (Quote by - Marlene Dietrich)

The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels. (Quote by - St. Bernard)

Words that weep, and tears that speak. (Quote by - Abraham Cowley)

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven. (Quote by - Henry Ward Beecher)

The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal. (Quote by - James Thurber)

In any really good subject, one has only to probe deep enough to come to tears. (Quote by - Edith Wharton)