Cheerfulness removes the rust from the mind, lubricates our inward machinery, and enables us to do our work with fewer creaks and ;groans. If people were universally cheerful, probably there wouldn't be half the quarreling or a tenth part of the wickedness ;there is. Cheerfulness, too, promotes health and immortality. Cheerful people live longest here on earth, afterward in our hearts.
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Had she been light, like you,
Of such a merry, nimble, stirring spirit,
She might ha' been read more
Had she been light, like you,
Of such a merry, nimble, stirring spirit,
She might ha' been a grandam ere she died;
And so may you, for a light heart lives long.
Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose,
Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes.
Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose,
Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes.
As long as there is a chance of the world getting through its
troubles, I hold that a reasonable read more
As long as there is a chance of the world getting through its
troubles, I hold that a reasonable man must behave as though he
were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness was not
justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful.
Cheerfulness is the atmosphere in which all things thrive
Cheerfulness is the atmosphere in which all things thrive
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
Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness,--an open and noble temper.
Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness,--an open and noble temper.
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.
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.
The true source of cheerfulness is benevolence.
The true source of cheerfulness is benevolence.
