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“[Malipiero's advice to Casanova.] If you wish your audience to cry, you must shed tears yourself, but if you wish to make them laugh you must contrive to look as serious as a judge.”

Ifs Looks Wish Audience Laughing Advice Cry Tears Serious Judging Shed Casanova

Author:Giacomo Casanova

“I do not wish to grow old, to outlive my illusions. Only a short respite from cares and sorrow, a brief time of flowers, and music, and love, and laughter, and ecstatic tears.”

Care Wish Grows Tears Flower Sorrow Laughter Illusion And Love Growing Old Ecstatic Respite Love And Laughter Music And Love

Book:A Village Ophelia

Source: A Village Ophelia

“The distinction between shame and guilt is very important, since these two emotions may tear a person in opposite directions. The wish to relieve guilt may motivate a confession, but the wish to avoid the humiliation of shame may prevent it.”

May Persons Two Important Wish Emotion Tears Opposites Shame Guilt Distinction Confession Humiliation Shame And Guilt

Author:Paul Ekman

“Thank you for all the birthday wishes, it's brought a tear to my eye, and a boner to my pants.”

Eye Wish Tears Pants Birthday Wishes Boners

Author:Jack Barakat

“The supposition that it was possible for any woman to be so mean-spirited as not at least to wish to tear out her rival's eyes was too hard for the digestion of the Cry.”

Mean Hard Eye Wish Cry Tears Torn Rivals Spirited Digestion Supposition Mean Spirited

Book:The Cry: A New Dramatic Fable

Source: The Cry: A New Dramatic Fable