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Cheerfulness is a debt we owe to society, in the paying of which we receive a generous discount. We can not open our hearts to give out cheer without more cheer rushing in to take its place.

Alice Hegan Rice

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Alice Hegan Rice
Age: 72 †
Born: 1870
Born: January 11
Died: 1942
Died: February 10
Novelist
Writer
Shelbyville
Kentucky
Alice Caldwell Hegan
Heart
Hearts
Discounts
Open
Cheerfulness
Society
Rushing
Place
Cheer
Give
Paying
Without
Generous
Take
Receive
Giving
Debt
Discount

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