Leigh Hunt Quotes
God made both tears and laughter, and both for kind purposes; for as laughter enables mirth and surprise to breathe freely, so tears enable sorrow to vent itself patiently. Tears hinder sorrow from becoming despair and madness.
Citations
Hunt, Leigh. "Tears." The Indicator, vol. 1, no. 20, 23 Feb. 1820, p. 153.
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James Henry Leigh Hunt, best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist and poet.