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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There is certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift ones position, and be bruised in a new place. – Washington Irving

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An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather. – Washington Irving

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Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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Pearls mean tears. – Doris Lessing

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Tears are the summer showers to the soul. – Alfred Austin

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Tears are the silent language of grief. – Voltaire, A Philosophical Dictionary

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