Sayings about Tears
A small cottage wherein laughter lives is worth more than a castle full of tears. ~ Chinese Proverb
If a man makes soup of his tears, ask him not for broth. ~ African Proverb
A tear in the eye is the wound of the heart. ~ Gypsy Proverb
The pearls of a bride on her wedding day are the tears that will be shed later. ~ Spanish Proverbs
Love begins with song and music and ends in a sea of tears. ~ Italian Proverbs
Nothing dries so fast as tears. ~ French Proverb
The tears of an heir are laughter under a mask. ~ Latin Proverbs
A tear at the right moment is better than a misplaced smile. ~ Iranian Proverb
Patience begins with tears and ends with a smile. ~ Spanish Proverb
Tears have meaning but only he who sheds them understands. ~ Armenian Proverbs
God counts her tears. ~ Hebrew Proverb
Learn from your tears and you will win laughing. ~ Spanish Proverbs
What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~ Jewish Proverbs
Gold that is lent goes away laughing and comes back in tears. ~ Turkish Proverbs
If there were no tears, our ribs would burn. ~ Arabian Proverb
A wise man sees only water in the tears of a woman. ~ Russian Proverbs
Morning rain and women’s tears dry as fast as each other. ~ Czech Proverbs
Who bathes his hands in blood will have to wash them with tears. ~ German Proverbs
Onions, smoke and women bring tears to your eyes. ~ Danish Proverbs
The tears of the adulteress are ever ready to be shed. ~ Egyptian Proverbs
Nothing dries faster than tears. ~ Italian Proverb
Wealth can give legs to the cripple, beauty to the ugly, and sympathy to tears. ~ Armenian Proverb
In youth, one has tears without grief; in age, grief without tears. ~ French Proverb
Sweet are the tears that are dried by your loved one. ~ Portuguese Proverbs
The eyes of all cheats are full of tears. ~ Bosnian Proverbs
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt. ~ Latin Proverb
If the heart is sad, tears will flow. ~ Ethiopian Proverb
A pound’s worth of tears will not settle a penny’s worth of debt. ~ Corsican Proverbs
Every tear has a smile behind it. ~ Iranian Proverb
Tears come more often from the eyes than from the heart. ~ Russian Proverb
When you die, your sister’s tears will dry as time goes on, your widow’s tears will end in another’s arms, but your mother will mourn you until the day she dies. ~ Arabian Proverb
The tears of strangers are only water. ~ Russian Proverbs
The heir’s tears are but a mask to disguise his joy. ~ Mexican Proverbs
The tears of the roasting meat kindle the fire even more. ~ Iranian Proverbs
He wastes his tears who weeps before the judge. ~ Italian Proverbs
A woman’s heart dries quicker than her tears. ~ French Proverb
A woman’s tears are worth a lot, but cost little. ~ Spanish Proverbs
Men must sew up tears with gentleness. ~ Arabian Proverb
Nothing wipes your tears away but your own hand. ~ African Proverb
Don’t be misled by the tears of a beggar. ~ Bosnian Proverbs
Quotations about Tears
The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels. ~ St. Bernard
In art there are tears that lie too deep for thought. ~ Louis Kronenberger
Only to have a grief equal to all these tears! ~ Adrienne Rich
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain. ~ Bible
Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one’s nose. ~ Heinrich Heine
No more tears now; I will think upon revenge. ~ Mary Stuart
In youth one has tears without grief, in old age grief without tears. ~ Jean Paul Richter
For women’s tears are but the sweat of eyes. ~ Juvenal
Tears such as angels weep. ~ John Milton
Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labor to overcome the cloud that loads em. ~ Thomas Otway
Through reconciliation, streams of tears will come to our eyes. ~ Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Tears may be dried up, but the heart never. ~ Margaret Valois
Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers eyes. Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, a choking gall and a preserving sweet. ~ William Shakespeare
Pearls mean tears. ~ Doris Lessing
Let a man accept his destiny. No pity and no tears. ~ Euripides
Every woman is wrong until she cries, and then she is right; immediately. ~ Sam Slick
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. ~ Washington Irving
Tears are the silent language of grief. ~ Voltaire Quotes
It is only the women whose eyes have been washed clear with tears who get the broad vision that makes them little sisters to all the world. ~ Dorothy Dix
Tears are the silent language of grief. ~ Voltaire
Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed. ~ Natalie Clifford Barney
Tears are the summer showers to the soul. ~ Alfred Austin
Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command. ~ Henri Frederic Amiel
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. ~ Winston Churchill
Delicious tears! The heart’s own dew. ~ Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams. ~ Hosea Ballou
There are times when God asks nothing of his children except silence, patience and tears. ~ C. S. Robinson
Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman. ~ Ludwig Van Beethoven
Many shed tears merely for show, and have dry eyes when no one’s around to observe them. ~ Marcus Annaeus Seneca
Only eyes washed by tears can see clearly. ~ Louis L. Mann
My tears of love are a waste of time if I turn away. ~ Kim Wilde
The busy have no time for tears. ~ Lord Byron
Tears are the natural penalties of pleasure. It is a law that we should pay for all that we enjoy. ~ William Gilmore Simms
Tears are nature’s lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them. ~ John Christian Bovee
Oh eyes, no eyes, but fountains fraught with tears; O life, no life, but lively form of death; Oh world, no world, but mass of public wrongs. ~ Thomas Kyd
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly. ~ John Christian Bovee
Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength. ~ Billy Graham
We know God wipes away all tears, but it certainly feels good when He uses human hands. ~ Mary Paulson-Lauda
Tears mess up your makeup. ~ Julia Child
Oh, I am very weary, though tears no longer flow; my eyes are tired of weeping, my heart is sick of woe. ~ Anne Bronte
The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears. ~ John Vance Cheney
Tears are the noble language of the eye. ~ Robert Herrick
