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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.

Leigh Hunt

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Leigh Hunt
Age: 74 †
Born: 1784
Born: October 19
Died: 1859
Died: August 28
Autobiographer
Journalist
Literary Critic
Poet
Translator
Southgate
London
James Henry Leigh Hunt
Laughter
Hinder
Despair
Enable
Sorrow
Enables
Tears
Freely
Becoming
Purposes
Purpose
Madness
Vent
Made
Breathe
Patiently
Kind
Surprise
Mirth

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