Famous quotes containing the word tear:
“First Plebian. Tear him to pieces, he’s a conspirator!
Cinna. I am Cinna the poet! I am Cinna the poet!
Fourth Plebian. Tear him for his bad verses, tear him for his bad verses.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The drying up a single tear has more
Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)