Weeping

Famous quotes containing the word weeping:

“There should be weeping at a man’s birth, not at his death.”
—Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu (1689–1755)

“The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.”
—Publilius Syrus (1st century B.C.)

“There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 8:12.

Referring to “the children of the kingdom ... cast out into outer darkness.” The words are also used in the parable of the talents, in Matthew 25:30, said of the “unprofitable servant.”