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

Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.

Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.

A new untruth is better than an old truth.

A new untruth is better than an old truth.

My fee, if I select the subject, is $150; if your committee selects the subject,...

My fee, if I select the subject, is $150; if your committee selects the subject,...

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

Don't be consistent but be simple true.

Don't be consistent but be simple true.

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don you love a cushioned seat in a...

Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don you love a cushioned seat in a...

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

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

Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat...

Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat...

How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!

How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!

To brag little - to show well - to crow gently, if in luck -...

To brag little - to show well - to crow gently, if in luck -...

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each...

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each...

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

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.

If a hug represented how much I loved you, I would hold you in my...

If a hug represented how much I loved you, I would hold you in my...

Husband and wife come to look alike at last

Husband and wife come to look alike at last

Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.

Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.

Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of...

Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of...

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he...

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he...