„Not that I’d grudge a tearfor any man gone down to meet his fate.What other tribute can we pay to wretched menthan to cut a lock, let tears roll down our cheeks?“

— Homér

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„Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!“
— Ronald Reagan
„Let us put our griefs to rest in our own hearts…What good's to be won from tears that chill the spirit?So the immortals spun our lives that we, we wretched menlive on to bear such torments—the gods live free of sorrows.“
— Homér
„He kissed his son, and a tear fell from his cheek on to the ground, for he had restrained all tears till now.“
— Homér