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"A cheerful look brings joy to the heart." »William Makepeace Thackeray
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"To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age." »Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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"I prefer complexity to certainty, cheerful mysteries to sullen facts." »Claude T. Bissell
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"cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline." »Edwin Percy Whipple
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"'A merry Christmas, uncle God save you' cried a cheerful voice. 'Bah' said Scrooge. 'Humbug'" »Charles Dickens
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"One of the most effectual ways of pleasing and of making one's self loved is to be cheerful joy softens more hearts than tears do." »Mme. de Sartory
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"Those who have easy, cheerful attitudes tend to be happier than those with less pleasant temperaments, regardless of money, making it, or success." »Joyce
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"He that loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter." »Dr. Isaac Barrow
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"I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances." »Martha Washington
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"In this world, however little happiness may have been our portion, yet have we no desire to die. Whether he can speak of life as cheerful and delicate, or as full of pain, anxiety, and sorrow, never yet have I seen one who wished to die." »Firdausi
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"I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances." »Martha Washington
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"The gates of Hell are open night and day Smooth the descent, and easy is the way But, to return, and view the cheerful skies In this, the task and mighty labor lies." »John Dryden
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"It is winter time, my friend; buy couple of breads; find a place calm and quiet and feed the birds; and for this action of yours, ask no more reward than their cheerful singings!" »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"In the enemy's territory, be as silent as the owl's wings; in friend's territory, be as cheerful as the nightingale's songs." »Mehmet Murat ildan
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"Life is like a blanket too short. You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander about your shoulder; but cheerful folks manage to draw their knees up and pass a very comfortable night." »Marion Howard
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"To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old." »Oliver Wendell Holmes
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"Whosoever does not persecute them that persecute him; whosoever takes an offence in silence; he who does good because of love; he who is cheerful under his sufferings?these are the friends of God, and of them the Scripture says, ?They shall shine forth like the sun at noontide.?" »The Talmud
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"A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind." »Jean de La Fontaine
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"Those who are skilled in archery bend their bow only when they are prepared to use it; when they do not require it they allow it to remain unbent, for otherwise it would be unserviceable when the time for using it arrived. So it is with man. If he were to devote himself unceasingly to a dull round of business, without breaking the monotony by cheerful amusements, he would fall imperceptibly into idiotcy, or be struck with paralysis." »Herodotus
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"Ae fond kiss, and then we severA farewell, and then foreverDeep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee.Who shall say that Fortune grieves him,While the star of hope she leaves himMe, nae cheerful twinkle lights me,Dark despair around benights me." »Robert Burns
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"The dancing pair that simply sought renown,By holding out to tire each other downThe swain mistrustless of his smutted face,While secret laughter titter'd round the placeThe bashful virgin's side-long looks of love,The matrons glance that would those looks reproveThese were thy charms, sweet village sports like these,With sweet succession, taught e'en toil to pleaseThese were thy bowers their cheerful influence shed,These were thy charms -- but all these charms are fled." »Oliver Goldsmith
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