Robert Walpole (1676–1745) British statesman
Source: Speech https://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/walpole-robert-ii-1676-1745 in the House of Commons (10 January 1711)
Muhammad Kulayni, Usul al-Kafi, vol.3, p. 162.
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Robert Walpole (1676–1745) British statesman
Source: Speech https://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/walpole-robert-ii-1676-1745 in the House of Commons (10 January 1711)
“I've done it, be of good cheer.”
Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp (1598–1653) Dutch admiral
Western European nobility » Maarten Harpertsz. "Maarten" Tromp (1598-1653) https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/west-europese-adel/I157344.php Tromp's last words.
“Be cheerful, do good, and let the sparrows chirp.”
John Bosco (1815–1888) Italian Roman Catholic priest, educator and writer
Source: http://www.jugendherberge.de/en/youth-hostels/benediktbeuern%20don%20bosco205/leisure%20activities
“The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow.”
Billy Sunday (1862–1935) American evangelist and baseball player
Source: Billy Sunday Quotes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAfeTcqGTJA / www.famousquotes.com
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“So is cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more remains.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
“At Christmas play and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.”
Thomas Tusser (1524–1580) English poet
"The Farmer's Daily Diet".
A Hundred Points of Good Husbandry (1557)
“Hatred and anger are the greatest poison to the happiness of a good mind.”
Adam Smith book The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Section II, Chap. III.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Part I