Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
[Lat., Nihil enim lacryma citius arescit.]

Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
[Lat., Nihil enim lacryma citius arescit.]

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of Earth, read more

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of Earth, overlaying our hard hearts.

Never a tears bedims the eye
That time and patience will not dry.

Never a tears bedims the eye
That time and patience will not dry.

Tears are words that are too deep to be spoken...

Tears are words that are too deep to be spoken...

A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.

A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.

If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.