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:

    “A flutist who is moved to tears by his own performance will soon make the listeners laugh because of the sounds that he produces.”
    —Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

    “You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition; but to find your wife laughing when you had tears in your eyes, or staring when you were in a fit of laughter, would go some way towards a dissolution of the marriage.”
    —Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)