Sayings about Crying
Life is an onion that you peel crying. ~ French Proverbs
When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. ~ Jewish Proverb
Laugh and everyone sees it, cry and no one sees it. ~ Yiddish Proverb
When girls whistle, the Holy Virgin cries. ~ Luxembourg Proverb
He who flatters with laughter wants to see you cry. ~ Moroccan Proverb
Friendship does not need pepper to cry. ~ Congolese Proverb
Don’t cry over spilt milk. ~ English Proverb
Rather once cry your heart out than always sigh. ~ Chinese Proverbs
After the head is off, one does not cry over the hair. ~ Russian Proverb
If you call a lady a slave, she laughs, but if you call a slave a slave, he cries. ~ Indian Proverbs
He that falls by himself never cries. ~ Turkish Proverb
He hit me, started to cry, and went straight to the judge to sue me. ~ Arabian Proverbs
The blow is taken on the nose but it’s the eyes that cry. ~ Martiniquais Proverb
The baby who doesn’t cry isn’t nursed. ~ South American Proverb
It’s as hard to see a woman crying as it is to see a barefooted duck. ~ Irish Proverbs
Laugh before breakfast, you’ll cry before supper. ~ Traditional Proverb
Better the child cry, than the mother sigh. ~ Danish Proverbs
He who cries today that he has no bread will cry again tomorrow because he isn’t hungry. ~ German Proverbs
A crying child thrives. ~ Japanese Proverb
Follow the advice of the one who makes you cry, not from the one who makes you laugh. ~ Arabian Proverb
He who slaps himself on the face should not cry ouch. ~ Lebanese Proverb
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live you life in a manner so that when you die the world cries and you rejoice. ~ American Proverb
Laughing wife, crying purse. ~ South American Proverb
Cry and the whole world cries with you. ~ Russian Proverb
Who laughs at you also cries for you. ~ Ukranian Proverb
If you sing before breakfast, you’ll cry before night. ~ American Proverbs
A man who cries all the time is not heard. ~ African Proverb
As long as a child does not cry, it does not matter what pleases it. ~ Russian Proverbs
Your years will still remain the same whether you laugh or cry. ~ Japanese Proverbs
When two friends dip into their purse, one laughs, the other cries. ~ Spanish Proverbs
The wife cries before the wedding, the husband after. ~ Luxembourg Proverb
We come and cry and that is life, we cry and go and that is death. ~ Traditional Proverb
Quotations about Crying
People can cry much easier than they can change. ~ James Baldwin
Work hard. Laugh when you feel like crying. Keep an open mind, open eyes and an open spirit. ~ Rachael Ray
I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry. ~ Pierre De Beaumarchais
We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed. ~ Thomas Fuller
Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear. ~ Bertolt Brecht
When you’re happy you don’t always have to be laughing, and when you’re sad you don’t have to be crying; sometimes it’s the opposite. You laugh when you’re the most upset. ~ Freddie Highmore
Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones. ~ Oscar Wilde
Cover yourself with your shield, and care not for cries. ~ George Herbert
When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this: When you die, will you be happy when everybody else is crying? ~ Tony Campolo
Listen to life, and you will hear the voice of life crying, be! ~ James Dillet Freeman
It is easier to make people cry than to make them laugh. ~ Author Unknown
Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled? ~ Sophocles
I always knew I would look back at the times I’d cried and laugh, but I never knew that I’d look back at the times I’d laughed and cry.~ Shaun Prowdzik
A hearty laugh gives one a dry cleaning, while a good cry is a wet wash.~ Puzant Kevork Thomajan
There are German songs which can make a stranger to the language cry. ~ Mark Twain
Every woman is wrong until she cries, and then she is right; immediately. ~ Sam Slick
I laugh because I must not cry. That is all. That is all. ~ Abraham Lincoln
Make em laugh; make em cry; make em wait. ~ Charles Reade
We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh. ~ George Rouault