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Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it.
Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it.
Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life read more
Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
 A child of those tears.
 [Lat., Filius istarum lacrymarum.]  
 A child of those tears.
 [Lat., Filius istarum lacrymarum.] 
Words that weep, and tears that speak.
Words that weep, and tears that speak.
Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.
Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.
Tears are the silent language of grief
Tears are the silent language of grief
 What gem hath dropp'd, and sparkles o'er his chain?
 The tear most sacred, shed for other's pain,
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 What gem hath dropp'd, and sparkles o'er his chain?
 The tear most sacred, shed for other's pain,
  That starts at once--bright pure--from Pity's mine,
   Already polish'd by the hand divine! 
 The tear forgot as soon as shed,
 The sunshine of the breast.  
 The tear forgot as soon as shed,
 The sunshine of the breast.