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:

    “They borrow words for thoughts they cannot feel,
    That with a seeming heart their tongue may speak;
    And in their show of life more dead they live
    Than those that to the earth with many tears they give.”
    —Jones Very (1831–1880)

    “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)

    “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)