{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/arw/arw36.htm","path":"isl/arw/arw36.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/arw/arw36.htm","text":"Arabian Wisdom, by John Wortabet, [1913]\nGod loves a cheerful man.\nA main part of friendship is cheerfulness.\nCheerfulness denotes a generous nature, as a flower denotes fruit.\nThe first duty of a host is cheerfulness.\nHe who is sparing in cheerfulness is more sparing in doing a kindness.\nA cheerful countenance is a presage of good.\nA bright face and bright eyes are a greater boon than a rich inheritance.\nThe expression of the eyes shows what is in the heart.\nAn expression of the face may be more eloquent than that of the tongue.\nThe face of an enemy betrays his secret thoughts.\nNo one has ever harboured a secret which may not be discovered by a slip of the tongue or an expression of the face.\nHope for good from one who has a beautiful face.\nA gloomy look is an omen of ill, and a bright face is good news.\nLife has no cloud to an ignorant man, to one who heeds not past or future events, and to him who deceives himself and constrains his soul to seek and hope for what is impossible.","title":"Arabian Wisdom: Cheerfulness","type":"page"}