<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=508155" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Character</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">How often do I wish I were<br>What people call a character;<br>A ripe and cherubic old chappie<br>Who lives to make his fellows happy;<br>With in his eyes a merry twinkle,<br>And round his lips a laughing wrinkle;<br>Who radiating hope and cheer<br>Grows kindlier with every year.<br>For this ideal let me strive,<br>And keep the lad in me alive;<br>Nor argument nor anger know,<br>But my own way serenly go;<br>The woes of men to understand,<br>Yet walk with humour hand in hand;<br>To love each day and wonder why<br>Folks are not so jocund as I.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So be you simple, decent, kind,<br>With gentle heart and quiet mind;<br>And if to righteous anger stung,<br>Restrain your temper and your toungue.<br>Let thought for others be your guide,<br>And patience triumph over pride . . .<br>With charity for those who err,<br>Live life so folks may say you were--<br>God bless your heart!--A Character.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Robert+William+Service">Robert William Service</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=508155" data-title="A Character de Robert William Service" data-description="How often do I wish I were What people call a character; A ripe and cherubic old chappie Who lives to make his fellows happy; With in his eyes a merry twinkle, And round his lips a laughing wrinkle; Who radiating hope and cheer Grows kindlier with..."></div> </div> </div>

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