“Past mistakes cannot create a present pain; no mistake in life has the power to make us ache any more than the echo of someone crying can shed tears.” PainPastMistakeCryTearsShedEchoesAchePast MistakesLife Mistakes Author:Guy Finley
“One cup poured into another makes different waters; tears shed by one eye would blind if wept into another's eye. The breast we strike in joy is not the breast we strike in pain; any man's smile would be consternation on another's mouth.” IfsMenDifferentWould BeEyePainJoyWaterTearsMouthsBlindStrikesCupsBreastsShedConsternation Book:Nightwood: The Original Version and Related Drafts Source: Nightwood: The Original Version and Related Drafts
“O Hope, sweet flatterer! thy, delusive touch Sheds on afflicted minds the balm of comfort, Relieves the load of poverty, sustains The captive, bending with the weight of bonds, And smooths the pillow of disease and pain.” MindPainHopePovertySweetComfortDiseaseWeightLoadShedSmoothPillowCaptivesBendingFlatterer Author:Richard Glover
“Tears that are shed in time of affliction are rarely tears of penitence, but more likely they are shed out of self pity and pain or sorrow.” SelfPainFaithReligiousTearsSorrowPityShedAfflictionSelf PityPenitence Author:John Calvin