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There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.

Henry Van Dyke

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Henry Van Dyke
Age: 80 †
Born: 1852
Born: November 10
Died: 1933
Died: April 10
Diplomat
Poet
Writer
Germantown
Philadelphia
Great
Charisma
Cheerfulness
Temperament
Cheerful
Charm
Personal
Happiness

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Love is not getting, but giving It is goodness, and honor, and peace and pure living.
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Spend as much time as possible, with body and with spirit in God's out-of-doors.
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The shadow by my finger cast Divides the future from the past: Before it, sleeps the unborn hour, In darkness, and beyond thy power. Behind its unreturning line, The vanished hour, no longer thine: One hour alone is in thy hands,- The NOW on which the shadow stands.
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