A man of gladness seldom falls into madness.
Meaning: Sustained cheerfulness builds psychological resilience against despair and mental deterioration.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
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From our idioms
- in pompa magna — with ceremony, grandeur, and great fanfare.
- alle calende greche — never; at an impossible or non-existent time.
- farsene un baffo — to not care at all; to be indifferent to something.