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

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Feelings Quotes, Laughter Quotes, Tears Quotes

Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same machinery of sensibility;...

Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same machinery of sensibility;...

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no...

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no...

It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.

It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

Love is the master key which opens the gates of happiness.

Love is the master key which opens the gates of happiness.

Love prefers twilight to daylight

Love prefers twilight to daylight

Several years before birth, advertise for a couple of parents belonging to long-lived families.

Several years before birth, advertise for a couple of parents belonging to long-lived families.

Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us.

Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us.

Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one,...

Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one,...

If I were dying my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown...

If I were dying my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown...

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned...

The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned...

Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to...

Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to...

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

Nature has but one judgment on wrong conduct - if you can call that a...

Nature has but one judgment on wrong conduct - if you can call that a...

There is something frightful in the way in which not only characteristic qualities, but particular...

There is something frightful in the way in which not only characteristic qualities, but particular...

Take any problem in life and it will fall under one of three categories... money,...

Take any problem in life and it will fall under one of three categories... money,...

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a...

Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a...

No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back...

No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back...