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The path to
cheerfulness is to sit cheerfully and to act and speak as if
cheerfulness were already there.
-- William James
1842-1910, American
Psychologist, Professor, Author
Cheer up! The
worst is yet to come!
-- Philander Johnson
In making up
the character of God, the old theologians failed to mention
that He is of infinite cheerfulness. The omission has caused
the world much tribulation.
-- Michael Monahan
The most
certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
-- Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
1533-1592, French
Philosopher, Essayist
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The most
manifest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness; her
state is like that in the regions above the moon, always
clear and serene.
-- Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
1533-1592, French
Philosopher, Essayist
I went out to
Charing Cross to see Major General Harrison hanged, drawn,
and quartered; which was done there, he looking as cheerful
as any man could in that condition.
-- Samuel Pepys
1633-1703, British Diarist
To watch the
corn grow, or the blossoms set; to draw hard breath over the
plough or spade; to read, to think, to love, to pray, are
the things that make men happy.
-- John Ruskin
1819-1900, British Critic,
Social Theorist
The voluntary
path to cheerfulness, if our spontaneous be lost, is to sit
up cheerfully, and act and speak as if cheerfulness wee
already there. To feel brave, act as if we were brave, use
all our will to that end, and courage will very likely
replace fear. If we act as if from some better feeling, the
bad feeling soon folds its tent like an Arab and silently
steals away
-- William Shakespeare
1564-1616, British Poet,
Playwright, Actor
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