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:

    “The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh.”
    —Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)

    “So. Let me accept the role, and call
    Myself the circumstances’ tennis-ball:
    We’ll bounce: together
    Or not, whether
    Either, let no tears silent fall.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “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 (1564–1616)