Quote by Washington Irving
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness,

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 messengers of overwhelming griefand unspeakable love. – Washington Irving

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The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh. – Samuel Beckett

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Every woman is wrong until she cries, and then she is right – instantly. – Sam Slick (Thomas Chandler Haliburton)

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More grievous than tears is the sight of them. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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