Ocupation: Poet
Life: October 21, 1772 - July 25, 1834
Birthday: October 21
Death: July 25
Laughter is equally the expression of extreme anguish and horror as of joy: as there are tears of sorrow and tears of joy, so is there a laugh of terror and a laugh of merriment.
source: Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1858). “The complete works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an introductory essay upon his philosophical and theological opinions”, p.156
topic: Laughter, Expression, Laughing, Merriment, Tears Of Joy, Tears Of Sorrow