William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"To be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in a merry hour."
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
Writer, Journalist
"No man can be merry unless he is serious."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Thou mak'st me merry: I am full of pleasure; let us be jocund"
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Be merry, and employ your chiefest thoughts To courtship and such fair ostents of love As shall conveniently become you there."
George Herbert
Poet
"All are not merry that dance lightly."
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"I would much rather have been merry than wise."
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