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| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. |
| Tear |
| An orphan’s tear falls not in vain. Russian. | 1 |
| A small tear relieves a great sorrow. | 2 |
| But woes await a country when She sees the tears of bearded men. Scott. | 3 |
| Easier to stop Euphrates at its source Than one tear of a true and tender heart. Byron. | 4 |
| Even when the gates of prayer are shut the gates of tears are open. Hebrew. | 5 |
| Every woe a tear may claim Except an erring sister’s shame. | 6 |
| He wastes his tears who weeps before the judge. Italian. | 7 |
| More tears are shed in playhouses than in churches. Guthrie. | 8 |
| Nothing dries sooner than a tear. German. | 9 |
| Oh, father, what a hell of witchcraft lies In the small orb of one particular tear. Shakespeare. | 10 |
| Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt. Latin. | 11 |
| Tears are sometimes as weighty as words. Ovid. | 12 |
| Tears benefit not the dead, they may injure the living. Plutarch. | 13 |
| Tears in mortal miseries are vain. Homer. | 14 |
| The busy have no time for tears. Byron. | 15 |
| The drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore. Byron. | 16 |
| That very law which moulds a tear And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course. S. Rogers. | 17 |
| The fewer his years the fewer his tears. | 18 |
| The tear down childhood’s cheek that flows Is like the dew-drop on the rose: When next the summer breeze comes by, And waves the bush the flower is dry. Scott. | 19 |
| The tears of a whore and the oaths of a bully may be put in the same bottle. | 20 |
| The tears of a penitent are the wine of angels. St. Bernard. | 21 |
| The tears of the congregation are the praises of the minister. | 22 |
| The tears of the night equal the smiles of the day. Rousseau. | 23 |
| What can I think of thy good qualities since every bite draws tears. African. | 24 |
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