Pluck up thy spirits, look cheerfully upon me.
Here, love, thou seest how diligent I am
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Pluck up thy spirits, look cheerfully upon me.
Here, love, thou seest how diligent I am
To dress thy meat myself and bring it thee.

The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.

The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.

Cheerfulness in most cheerful people, is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

Cheerfulness in most cheerful people, is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

A cheerful life is what the Muses love,
A soaring spirit is their prime delight.

A cheerful life is what the Muses love,
A soaring spirit is their prime delight.

Cheerfulness is the atmosphere in which all things thrive

Cheerfulness is the atmosphere in which all things thrive

That load becomes light which is cheerfully borne.
[Lat., Leve fit quod bene fertur onus.]

That load becomes light which is cheerfully borne.
[Lat., Leve fit quod bene fertur onus.]

Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease

Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains.

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains.

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.