“Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of
the same machinery of sensibility; one is wind-power, and the other water-power;
that is all.” —New England physician, poet and essayist Dr. Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894), The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
(1858)Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Quote of the Day (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., on ‘Laughter and Tears’)
“Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of
the same machinery of sensibility; one is wind-power, and the other water-power;
that is all.” —New England physician, poet and essayist Dr. Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894), The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
(1858)
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