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Tears cannot bring you joy but joy can bring you tears.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about tears, joy

Tears never flow in the house of a coward.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about tears, home, house

Tears will not stop flowing for someone who is crying for himself.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about tears

Tears have meaning but only he who sheds them understands.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about tears

Tears are at times as eloquent as words.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about tears

Tears come more often from the eyes than from the heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about tears, eyes, heart

When you are dead, your sister's tears will dry as time goes on, your widow's tears will cease in another's arms, but your mother will mourn you until she dies.

Proverbs and old sayings about tears, mother, time

When you die, your sister's tears will dry as time goes on, your widow's tears will end in another's arms, but your mother will mourn you until the day she dies.

Proverbs and old sayings about tears, mother, end, time, day

Sometimes life can be as bitter as dragon tears. But whether dragon tears are bitter or sweat depends entirely on how each man perceives them.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about tears, bitter, life, man

In youth, one has tears without grief; in age, grief without tears.

Proverbs and old sayings French about sadness, tears, youth, age, olderness

The eyes of all cheats are full of tears.

Proverbs and old sayings Bosnian about tears, eyes

Nothing dries sooner than tears.

Proverbs and old sayings German about tears, nothing

The tears of a man flow into the stomach.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about tears, man

Too much happiness brings tears in our eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about tears, happiness, eyes

You cannot beat a child to take away its tears.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about tears, children

Nothing wipes your tears away but your own hand.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about tears, nothing

If a man makes soup of his tears, ask him not for broth.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about tears, man

A child who is fearless is going to bring tears to his mother's eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about tears, eyes, children, mother

If you cry because you miss the sun, your tears will not let you see the moon.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about tears, moon, sun

Dry thunder that tears the sky doesn't make you forget the storm of yesterday.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about tears, sky