The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
– Harriet Beecher Stowe
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- Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse! – Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Truth leads to good deeds, and good deeds lead to Paradise. Falsehood leads to evil deeds, and evil deeds lead to the Fire. – Anonymous
- There are things that once done can’t be undone, things that once said can’t be unsaid. – Lisa Gardner
- Great deeds begin in the mind,extraordinary deeds begin in the heart,and remarkable deeds begin in the soul. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- Shed the tears.Shed the blame and guilt too.So that your heart mends and heals. – Khang Kijarro Nguyen
- why talk and say the unsaid words in haste when silence can speak the unspoken words? – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
- The power of words is in the works of words. People are much more bonded by the works of words than words. The work of words is the trigger of words. – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
- Silent tears are the worst. It’s the sign of a broken spirit. No sound, no residual emotions… just tears. Silent, unstoppable tears. – NR Walker
- Bitterness and sweetness, are both fruits of egoism. Doing egosim of good deeds brings sweetness. Doing egosim of bad deeds brings bitterness. – Dada Bhagwan
- Good deeds may not lead to heaven…still do deeds that make you feel like you are in there already. – Palle Oswald
- What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new. – Henry David Thoreau
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- Friends understand the unsaid words, no matter if they are silent for years. – Vikrmn
- She wished such words unsaid with all her heart – Jane Austen
- Words have power.Their power doesn’t merely emanate from the meaning they carry,but also hidden truth they leave behind.In what is left unsaid. – KJ Kilton
- The things left unsaid to people we care about, and the void those unspoken words leave, often have more impact than what is said. – Tyler Knight
- Lips half open,Words unsaid; And yet He understandsThe puzzles of life’s threads! – Neelam Saxena Chandra
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- Sometimes when you dig deep into the past, you shed uncontrollable tears. – Adeyemo Akin
- Whenever she felt like crying, she would instead become angry-”at someone else or at herself-”which meant that it was rare for her to shed tears. – Haruki Murakami
- The tears we shed are sacred prayers. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- The lightheaded and the fashionable are always willing to shed tears for distant underdogs. – Richard Brookhiser