Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Weeping

He who has much weeps as well as he who has little.Modern Greek.

He who loves you well makes you weep, and he who hates you may make you laugh.

He who weeps from his heart will provoke tears even from the blind.Russian.

Onions can make heirs and widows weep.

The thatched cottage where one is merry is preferable to a palace where one weeps.Chinese.

There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.Ovid.

To weep overmuch for the dead is to affront the living.

When the vulture dies the hen does not weep.German.

Who has none to still him may weep out his eyes.