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| A merry companion is music in a journey. | 1 |
| A merry companion on the road is as good as a nag. | 2 |
| A merry fellow was never yet a sensible man. Chesterfield. | 3 |
| A merry heart doth good like a medicine. Bible. | 4 |
A merry heart goes all the day.
Your sad tires in a mile—a. Shakespeare. | 5 |
| A merry host makes merry guests. Dutch. | 6 |
| A merry life forgets father and mother. French. | 7 |
| A merry old fool and a gay apish matron are domestic monsters. | 8 |
| A pennyworth of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow. | 9 |
| Against ill chances men are ever merry. Shakespeare. | 10 |
| Always merry is seldom rich. German. | 11 |
As long lives the merry man,
As the wretch for a’ the craft he can. | 12 |
| As long lives the merry heart as the sad. | 13 |
| As merry as a cricket. | 14 |
Be always as merry as ever you can,
For no one delights in a sorrowful man. | 15 |
| Be merry and wise. | 16 |
| Be merry but sin not. | 17 |
| Be merry if you are wise. Martial. | 18 |
| Be merry shrovetide, for to-morrow thou wilt be ashes. Spanish. | 19 |
| Can a jackanapes be merry with a clog at his heels? | 20 |
| Gall in mirth is an ill mixture and sometimes truth is bitter. | 21 |
| He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. Bible. | 22 |
| In the time of mirth take heed. | 23 |
| It is good to be merry at meat. | 24 |
| Let us be merry and wise. Turkish Spy. | 25 |
| Merriment is the poison of friendship. Tamil. | 26 |
| Merry meet—merry part. | 27 |
| Mirth and mischief are two things. | 28 |
| Mirth and motion prolong life. | 29 |
| Mirth cannot move a soul in agony. | 30 |
| Mirth is the medicine of life; it cures its ills and calms its strife. | 31 |
| No mirth good but with God. | 32 |
| One ounce of mirth is worth more than a thousand weight of melancholy. | 33 |
| Prepare for mirth, for mirth becomes a feast. Shakespeare. | 34 |
| The end of mirth is the beginning of sorrow. Dutch. | 35 |
There is not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy. Hood. | 36 |
| ’Tis merry in hall when beards wag all. Shakespeare. | 37 |
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