Quotations about:
    contagious


Note not all quotations have been tagged, so Search may find additional quotes on this topic.


You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make earnest efforts to confer that pleasure on others? You will find half the battle is gained, if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.

Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) American abolitionist, activist, journalist, suffragist
Looking Toward Sunset (1874, 10th ed.)
 
Added on 12-Aug-16 | Last updated 12-Aug-16
Link to this post | No comments
Topics: , , , , , ,
More quotes by Child, Lydia Maria

For behavior, men learn it, as they take diseases, one of another.

Emerson - for behavior - wist_info quote

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
“Solitude and Society,” Atlantic Monthly (1857-12)

Paraphrase of Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part 2, Act 5, sc. 1: "It is certain that either wife bearing or ignorant carriage is caught, as men take diseases, one of another: therefore let men take heed of their company." Sometimes misattributed to Francis Bacon.
 
Added on 24-May-16 | Last updated 27-Mar-23
Link to this post | No comments
Topics: , , , , , , ,
More quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo