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“He smiled the most exquisite smile, veiled by memory, tinged by dreams.” Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
“A smile is the same as sunshine; it banishes winter from the human countenance.” Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“And some that smile have in their hearts, I fear, millions of mischiefs.” William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
“You can only hold a real smile for so long, after that it's just teeth.” Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters
“Affliction may one day smile again; and till then, sit thee down, sorrow!” William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost
“Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile, and cry 'Content!' to that which grieves my heart, and wet my cheeks with artificial tears, and frame my face to all occasions.” William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3
“Let us make that one point—that no child will be unwanted and also that we meet each other always with a smile, especially when it is difficult to smile.” Mother Teresa, Where There Is Love, There Is God
“When as we read of the much-longed-for smile Being by such a noble lover kissed, This one, who ne'er from me shall be divided, Kissed me upon the mouth all palpitating.” Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy
“There's daggers in men's smiles.” William Shakespeare, Macbeth
“Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.” Mark Twain, Following the Equator
“I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh.” Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“When Tarzan killed he more often smiled than scowled, and smiles are the foundation of beauty.” Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes
“The robb'd that smiles steals something from the thief; He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.” William Shakespeare, Othello
“The real lover is the man who can thrill you by just touching your head or smiling into your eyes—or by just staring into space.” Marilyn Monroe, My Story
“Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.” Mother Teresa, Where There Is Love, There Is God
“If you’ve ever been homesick, or felt exiled from all the things and people that once defined you, you’ll know how important welcoming words and friendly smiles can be.” Stephen King, 11/22/63
“Now, all the general propositions favouring freedom I had either imbibed at my father’s knee or acquired by candle-end reading of Burke and Hayek were suddenly embodied in the worshippers and their children and illuminated by their smiles.” Margaret Thatcher, The Path to Power
“Good-humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to Nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us. I maintain that one should always talk of philosophy with a smile.” William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience

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