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Wednesday, 3 December 2008
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"As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests" (Vidal, Gore - Language)

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Browse Quotations about Cheerfulness

A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.
A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.
Cheer up! The worst is yet to come!
Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers and are famous preservers of youthful looks.
Cheerfulness greases the axles of the world.
Cheerfulness in most cheerful people, is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.
Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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
Delicate humor is the crowning virtue of the saints.
Developing a cheerful disposition can permit an atmosphere wherein one's spirit can be nurtured and encouraged to blossom and bear fruit. Being pessimistic and negative about our experiences will not enhance the quality of our lives. A determination to be of good cheer can help us and those around us to enjoy life more fully.
Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation.
I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.
I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness.
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.


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