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Crying14 quotes
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is stuck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be. — William Hazlitt · 1818If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. — William Shakespeare · 1599I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil. — J.R.R. Tolkien · 1955Are all men in disguise except those crying? — Dannie Abse · 1986Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox · 1883Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. — Charles Dickens · 1861All 14 quotes →Masculinity3 quotes
Are all men in disguise except those crying? — Dannie Abse · 1986I remember after my grandfather's death, seeing Dad in the hall with tears streaming down his face. I don't think I had ever seen him cry before. I'm glad I did see him. It helped me know that it was okay for men to cry. Many years later, when my father himself died, I cried; and way down deep I knew he would have said it was alright. — Fred Rogers · 2003I often want to cry. That is the only advantage women have over men-at least they can cry. — Jean Rhys · 1939Vulnerability3 quotes
I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil. — J.R.R. Tolkien · 1955Are all men in disguise except those crying? — Dannie Abse · 1986I remember after my grandfather's death, seeing Dad in the hall with tears streaming down his face. I don't think I had ever seen him cry before. I'm glad I did see him. It helped me know that it was okay for men to cry. Many years later, when my father himself died, I cried; and way down deep I knew he would have said it was alright. — Fred Rogers · 2003Tears2 quotes
Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. — Charles Dickens · 1861I remember after my grandfather's death, seeing Dad in the hall with tears streaming down his face. I don't think I had ever seen him cry before. I'm glad I did see him. It helped me know that it was okay for men to cry. Many years later, when my father himself died, I cried; and way down deep I knew he would have said it was alright. — Fred Rogers · 2003Authenticity1 quote
Are all men in disguise except those crying? — Dannie Abse · 1986Courage1 quote
But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer. — Viktor Frankl · 1946Emotions1 quote
Shit, I cry so much sometimes I feel I’m a just turn into droplets. — Chiron · 2016Grief1 quote
To weep is to make less the depth of grief. — William Shakespeare · 1595Laughter1 quote
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is stuck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be. — William Hazlitt · 1818Men and women1 quote
I often want to cry. That is the only advantage women have over men-at least they can cry. — Jean Rhys · 1939Moping1 quote
Crying helps me slow down and obsess over the weight of life's problems. — Sadness · 2015Sadness1 quote
Crying helps me slow down and obsess over the weight of life's problems. — Sadness · 2015Suffering1 quote
But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer. — Viktor Frankl · 1946The human condition1 quote
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is stuck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be. — William Hazlitt · 1818