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Read & copy the quotation
“Let not the eyes be dry when we have lost a friend, nor let them overflow.”
- Date
- c. 65
Meaning of “Let not the eyes be dry when we…”
Grief is neither forbidden nor allowed to consume everything; the line recommends honest mourning held within proportion.
Where does it come from?
Letter 63, on grief for lost friends, argues against both emotional numbness and endless mourning.
