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Ptahhotep1 quote
Be cheerful while you are alive. — Ptahhotep · 2375 BC
Virgil1 quote
Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious. — Virgil · 30 BC
Frame your mind to mirth and merriment, Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life. — William Shakespeare · 1594