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We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure. – William Ellery Channing

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Tell me not of joy: theres none Now my little sparrows gone He, just as you, Would toy and woo, He would chirp and flatter me, He would hang the wing awhile, Till at length he saw me smile, Lord! how sullen he would be! – William Cartwright

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Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye. – Samuel Lover

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When I take my kids out for dinner or lunch, people smile at us. – Louis C. K.

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