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Cheered up himself with ends of verse
And sayings of philosophers.
Cheered up himself with ends of verse
And sayings of philosophers.
Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease
Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease
Cheerfulness is the very flower of health.
Cheerfulness is the very flower of health.
Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.
Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.
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.
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.
The true source of cheerfulness is benevolence.
The true source of cheerfulness is benevolence.
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.
Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance--the cheerful man will do more in the same time, read more
Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance--the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it ;better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.
