122. SMILE
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A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance (Pro.15:13).
1. If you see someone without a smile, give him one of yours.
2. Smile and the whole world will smile with you, weep and you weep alone.
3. Smiling is contagious--frowning outrageous.
4. The World is like a mirror; frown at it & it frowns at you; smile, & it smiles, too.
5. The thing that goes the farthest
Towards making life worthwhile,
That costs the least, & does the most,
Is just a pleasant smile.
It's full of worth & goodness too,
With many kindnesses blent,
It's worth a million dollars,
And it doesn't cost a cent!
6. Nobody needs a smile so much as those who have none to give.
7. A warm smile thaws an icy stare.
8. A smile is the lighting system of the face & the heating system of the heart.
9. All people smile in the same language.
10. The curve of a smile can set a lot of things straight.
11. It takes 72 muscles to frown--only 14 to smile!
12. Faces are so important. Eyes are the windows of the soul! A happy smile doeth good like a medicine! Wear a happy face! It's your display counter--your show window, your best advertisement!
13. What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
14. Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over, & showing it principally in one spot.
15. Some wrinkles only indicate where smiles have been.
16. A smile increases your face value.
17. You are not dressed for your work until you wear a smile.
18. Beauty is only radiant when thou dost share its radiance with others.
19. The best kind of smiles are not "put on". They come out because they are "in".
(See also No. 104, 159, 1000, 1485.)
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