Tears

Tears

Tears are secretions that clean and lubricate the eyes. Lacrimation or lachrymation (from Latin lacrima, meaning "tear") is the production or shedding of tears.

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Famous quotes containing the word tears:

    “I, of whom I know nothing, I know my eyes are open, because of the tears that pour from them unceasingly.”
    —Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)

    “He, too, had tears for all souls in trouble,
    Here and in hell.”
    —James Clarence Mangan (1803–1849)

    “His tears run down his beard like winter’s drops
    From eaves of reeds.”
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