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{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = We weep when we are born, Not when we die! T. B. Aldrich—Metempsychosis. Phrase found in Les Paroles Remarquables, Us Bon Mots et les Maximes Orientaux. Ed. by Gallant.. (1694) | seealso = (See also {{sc|King Lear) Dear Lord, though I be changed to senseless And serve the Potter as he turn his wheel, I thank Thee for the gracious gift of tears! T. B. AiimiCH—Two Moods. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Tears | page = 780 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Filius istarum lacrymarum. A child of those tears. St. Augustine—Confessions. Bk. III. 12. It cannot be, that a child of those tears (of mine) shall perish. Words of his mother when St. Augustine was influenced by the Manichean Heresy. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Tears | page = 780 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = And friends, dear friends,—when it shall be That this low breath is gone from me, And round my bier ye come to weep, Let One, most loving of you all, Say, "Not a tear must o'er her fall; He giveth His beloved sleep." E. B. Browning—The Sleep. St. 9. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Tears | page = 780 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Thank God for grace, Ye who weep only! If, as some have done, Ye grope tear-blinded in a desert place And touch but tombs,—look up! Those tears will run Soon in long rivers down the lifted face, And leave the vision clear for stars and sun. E. B. Browning—Tears. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Tears | page = 780 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = So bright the tear in Beauty's eye, Love half regrets to kiss it dry. | author = Byron | work = Bride of Abydos. Canto I. St. 8. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Tears | page = 780 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Oh! too convincing—dangerously dear— In woman's eye the unanswerable tear! That weapon of her weakness she can wield, To save, subdue—at once her spear and shield. | author = Byron | work = Corsair. Canto II. St. 15. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Tears | page = 780 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = What gem hath dropp'd, and sparkles o'er his chain? The tear most sacred, shed for other's pain, That starts at once—bright pure—from Pity's mine, Already polish'd by the hand divine! | author = Byron | work = Corsair. Canto II. St. 15. She was a good deal shock'd; not shock'd at tears, For women shed and use them at their liking; But there is something when man's eye appears Wet, still more disagreeable and striking. | author = Byron | work = Don Juan. Canto V. St. 118. There is a tear for all who die, A mourner o'er the humblest grave. | author = Byron | work = Elegiac Stomas. On the Death of Sir Peter Parker, Bart. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Tears | page = 780 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = A stoic of the woods,—a man without a tear. Campbell—Gertrude of Wyoming. Pt. I. St. 23. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Tears | page = 780 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile. Campbell—Pleasures of Hope. Pt. I. L. 180. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Tears | page = 780 }}