| 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. | 1 |
| He who loves you well makes you weep, and he who hates you may make you laugh. | 2 |
| He who weeps from his heart will provoke tears even from the blind. Russian. | 3 |
| Onions can make heirs and widows weep. | 4 |
| The thatched cottage where one is merry is preferable to a palace where one weeps. Chinese. | 5 |
| There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping. Ovid. | 6 |
| To weep overmuch for the dead is to affront the living. | 7 |
| When the vulture dies the hen does not weep. German. | 8 |
| Who has none to still him may weep out his eyes. | 9 | | |
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