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:
“Thy due from me
Is tears and heavy sorrows of the blood,
Which nature, love, and filial tenderness
Shall, O dear father, pay thee plenteously.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.”
—Marlene Dietrich (19041992)
“I did not know that thou wert dead before;
I did not feel the grief I did sustain;
The greater stroke astonisheth the more;
Astonishment takes from us sense of pain.
I stood amazed when others tears begun,
And now begin to weep when they have done.”
—Henry Constable (15621613)
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