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Wisdom about mental health.

What people have learned about mental health the hard way, and what the classics said about it first.

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From the library

5 public-domain lines, each checked against its source text

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Happiness
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Time
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.