“How easy is it for one benevolent being to diffuse pleasure…” Washington Irving

How easy is it for one benevolent being to diffuse pleasure around him, and how truly is a kind heart a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity to freshen into smiles.

In today’s wordsHow easy it is for one kind person to spread pleasure around him, and how truly a kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything around it freshen into smiles.

Washington IrvingCommonly attributed

Source: From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

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