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)

    “I passed a tomb among green shades
    Where seven anemones with down-dropped heads
    Wept tears of dew upon the stone beneath.”
    —Unknown. The Thousand and One Nights.

    AWP. Anthology of World Poetry, An. Mark Van Doren, ed. (Rev. and enl. Ed., 1936)

    “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)