“Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson.”
Source: The Return of Sherlock Holmes
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Scottish physician and author 1859–1930Related quotes

Discussing the death of his wife with Larry King, 2004.

“Work is always an antidote to depression.”

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 282.

“But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restored and sorrows end.”

“My life will be the best illustration of all my work.”
Source: The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography

“The discharge of a duty from affection is the best solace for sorrow.”
Heath's book of Beauty, 1833 (1832)

“In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows
But my sorrows they learned to swim”

If I Ever Needed Someone
Song lyrics, His Band and the Street Choir (1970)