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Its fascination has always been her expression: the Mona Lisa smile. Art of the Heist: Missing Mona Lisa
Boy: Why are you always smiling?
Daniel Craig: ’Cause it’s all so fucking hysterical. Road to Perdition 2002 starring Tom Hanks & Tyler Hoechlin & Paul Newman & Jude Law & Daniel Craig & Stanley Tucci & Jennifer Jason Leigh et al, director Sam Mendes
Smiling through her tears. Homer, The Iliad
There’s daggers in men’s smiles. William Shakespeare, Macbeth 2001 starring Antony Sher & Harriet Walter, director Gregory Doran Roundhouse London, Donalbain
Thou didst smile,
Infused with a fortitude from heaven. William Shakespeare, The Tempest I ii 153-154, Prospero
Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening. Greta Garbo
I silently smiled at my incessant good fortune. Henry David Thoreau, Walden
The prospect Smiler was a manic farmer. Few men I think can have been as unfortunate as he; for on the one hand he was a melancholic with a loathing for mankind, on the other, some paralysis had twisted his mouth into a permanent and radiant smile. So everyone he met, being warmed by his smile, would shout him a happy greeting. And beaming upon them with his sunny face he would curse them all to hell. Laurie Lee, Cider with Rosie
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ’Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. Thomas Paine
To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another’s breast is to become a principal in the mischief. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Start every day off with a smile and get it over with. W C Fields
Yes sir, I am a tortured man for all seasons, as they say, and I have powerful friends in high places. Birds sing where I walk, and children smile when they see me coming. Hunter S Thompson
What’s the use of worrying?
It never was worth while, so
Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag,
And smile, smile, smile. George Asaf, ‘Smile, Smile, Smile’
Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay. Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, 1714
When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown. Robert Southwell
Camera interview: How would you like to be remembered?
David: Simply as the man who put a smile on the face of all he met. The Office, Christmas Special II, BBC 2003
He smiled understandingly – much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced – or seemed to face – the whole eternal world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey. F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Give em a ’smile. Pretend you’re happy to be here at Derby. The Damned United 2009 starring Michael Sheen & Timothy Spall & Maurice Roeves & Elizabeth Carling & Oliver Stokes & Ryan Day & Peter Quinn & Colm Meaney & Henry Goodman & Jim Broadbent, director Tom Hooper
Let’s keep smiling for the children. That is the least we can do. The Cave, doctor, National Geographic 2020
Deceive boys with toys, but men with smiles. Lysander, Spartan admiral