...subject to the greatest 57 depressions of melancholy; on the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents...and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. Cheerfulness bears the same friendly regard to the mind as to the body; it banishes all anxious care...

...to play again. Fun is contagious; let it start with you and then spread to those around you. >ta-^ Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through...and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. — JOSEPH ADDISON Mirth is a little different from fun, although the two often go together. Picture...

...Democritus Junior, 1577-1640 ~ What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~ Yiddish Saying ~ Mirth is like a flash of lightning that breaks through...and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. ~ Joseph Addison, 1672-1719 ~ Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; but now I...

...subject to the greatest depression of melancholy: on the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents...and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity." — ADDISON (Spectator, No. 381). LECTURE THE THIRD. 40.24 my lord the Earl of Warwick* * The husband...