Cheerfulness Quote by Joseph Addison

“I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as a habit of mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent.”

Joseph Addison

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Cheerfulness Fixed Former Habit Habits Habits of mind Joy Latter Mind Mirth Optimism Permanent Pessimism Psychology Transient

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