Merry Quotes

It 's guid to be merry and wise, It 's guid to be honest and true, It 's guid to support Caledonia's cause, And bide by the buff and the blue. — Robert Burns

Be merry, and employ your chiefest thoughts
To courtship and such fair ostents of love
As shall conveniently become you there. — William Shakespeare

Resolve to be merry though the ship were sinking. — Susanna Centlivre

Merry a mind is

of a weeping willow

roots raising concrete

be in

fit out

all abstract. — Antonia Perdu

Happy and alone, you say? Reclusive and merry? How oxymoronic! Pas possible! Alas, the concept is lost on so many. — Caroline Knapp

The merry year is born Like the bright berry from the naked thorn. — Hartley Coleridge

To be merry best becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in a merry hour. — William Shakespeare

It's "Merry Christmas" at our house. Whatever it is at yours, have a happy one. And be good to somebody. — Stephen King

What should a man do but be merry? For look you how cheerfully my mother looks, and my father died within's two hours. — William Shakespeare

Right. I can see it now. Merry Christmas, everybody! And by the way, did I tell you I'm a vampire? No need to pass the gravy, just bare your neck- — Kerrelyn Sparks

He had no shelter, no bread, no fire, no love; but he was merry because he was free. — Victor Hugo

Acting had always been the social scene I'd fallen into. It was sort of a merry band of band geeks and theater nerds. — Adam Baldwin

Strew your gladness on earth's bed,
So be merry, so be dead. — Charles Sorley

To horse and away To the heart of the fray! Fling care to the Devil for one merry day! — William Henry Ogilvie

Wisdom delights in water; love delights in hills. Wisdom is stirring; love is quiet. Wisdom is merry; love grows old. — Confucius

I am not merry, but I do beguile the thing I am by seeming otherwise. — William Shakespeare

Drinking turns a fool into a merry fool. — Neel Burton

Thou mak'st me merry: I am full of pleasure; let us be jocund — William Shakespeare

Christmas is here, Merry old Christmas, Gift-bearing Christmas, Day of grand memories, King of the year! — Washington Irving

Merry Christmas to all. A Pagan holiday (BC) becomes a Religious holiday (AD). Which then becomes a Shopping holiday (USA). — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Indeed, I am very sorry to be right in this instance. I would much rather have been merry than wise. — Jane Austen

Merry hearts are vulnerable to death, don't be over-joyed to the state of oblivion, lest the enemy poison your meal. — Michael Bassey Johnson

I'm going to retire undefeated. I'll take everybody out one-by-one then go on my merry way — Ronda Rousey

Merry Christmas" - Bing Crosby singing "Adeste fideles" on The Voice of State Street — Joan Wehlen Morrison

God Rest Ye Merry, Hippogriffs" at — J.K. Rowling

The merry cuckow, messenger of Spring, His trumpet shrill hath thrice already sounded. — Edmund Spenser

Better Old King Cole and his merry soul than a hundred Jeremiahs. — Marty Rubin

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white. — Irving Berlin

A merry heart does good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones. — Ruskin Bond

She wasn't any bigger than a minute and had hair like wild gold, and she was always merry as a marriage bell. — Sandra Dallas

I'm not a whore, Dee-Ann. You can't just come here to use and abuse me before going on your merry way. Unless, of course, you're naked. — Shelly Laurenston

A merry little surge of electricity piped by automatic alarm from the mood organ beside his bed awakened Rick Deckard. — Philip K. Dick

I made a French film called 'Merry Christmas' which is a very European film. It's a World War I piece. — Diane Kruger

There's a scripture that says, 'A merry heart doeth good like medicine.' I think that's true, too. — Dolly Parton

I am light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy — Charles Dickens

When you're on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery. — Neil Diamond

Merry... you look awful. - Vivia — Susan Dennard

It is a giggle full of high spirits and merry mischief, proof that we never lose our girlish selves, no matter what sort of women we become. — Libba Bray

When I first heard merry-go-round, I thought, "Does she? I didn't know Mary was a slut. — Jarod Kintz

Although it's been said many times, many ways ... Merry Christmas to you! — Nat King Cole

The merry-go-round is spinning too fast. I want to get off. I want to close my eyes, or just blink. — Laurie Halse Anderson

My mother was a lupus patient. I was a child with the lupus gene. — Merry Clayton

I started my car and put Chase out of my mind as I nosed out into the merry brutality of Friday-night traffic in Miami. — Jeff Lindsay

All are not merry that dance lightly. — George Herbert

Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance. — Horace

It seems to me that women are freed from their responsibilities only when they are merry widows or eccentric old spinsters. — Tobsha Learner

Be merry all, be merry all,
With holly dress the festive hall;
Prepare the song, the feast, the ball,
To welcome merry Christmas. — William Spencer

I am all for the short and merry life. — Edward FitzGerald

Have yourself a merry little Christmas, make the Yuletide gay. — Ralph Blane

Merry Christmas, movie house! Merry Christmas, Emporium! Merry Christmas, you wonderful old Building and Loan! — George Bailey

If the WHY is BIG ENOUGH, the HOW usually not a problem — Merry Riana

Sometimes it's good to be sad, Merry. Don't forget that. — Paul Tremblay

Mulled ale for the frozen man,
And mulled ale for the weary:
For mulled ale is the body's friend
And makes the sick heart merry. — Frans G. Bengtsson

A merry heart doeth good like medicine. — King Solomon

I wish you a Merry Christmas sparkle with endless love, gladness and goodwill. — Lailah Gifty Akita

No man can be merry unless he is serious. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

His grin eased the bleakness in her heart. "You're my friend, Merry. Bloody — Eloisa James

Life isn't a 24/7 merry go round. If it were, you wouldn't get the 7 hours of sleep necessary to keep you fit and sane. — Jacqueline Leo

Merry didn't make you a whining bitch, Talan; you were always that. — Laurell K. Hamilton

Without the door let sorrow lie,
And if for cold it hap to die,
We'll bury 't in a Christmas pie,
And evermore be merry. — George Wither

Well, if ifs and nuts were candy and nuts, then we'd all have a Merry Christmas. (Serenity) — Kinley MacGregor

merry meet, merry part, and merry meet again — P.C. Cast

Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint,
And sweet thyme true,
Primrose, first born child of Ver,
Merry Spring-time's harbinger. — Francis Beaumont

Authentic Christianity is a roller-coaster ride, not a merry-go-round. — Mark Hart

Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. — Matt Groening

As merry as the day is long. — William Shakespeare

Some choices you make with your heart some with your head but when in doubt choose head over heart ... it will keep you alive.
-merry gentry — Laurell K. Hamilton

The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad,
For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad. — G.K. Chesterton

Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast. — William Shakespeare

Good for you, Big Brother! Nothing says Merry Christmas like Hi, Dad! I'm gay! — J.M. Colail

The Prince's fool! Ha, it may be I go under that title because I am merry. Yea, but so I am apt to do myself wrong. — William Shakespeare

Merry Heart And Joy Is To Maintain Your Well Being — Sunday Adelaja

She stared.
Then she busted out laughing.
And that was it.
All that he needed.
Cher was laughing.
Garett was calm. — Kristen Ashley

It is not enough to reach for the brass ring. You must also enjoy the merry go round. — Julie Andrews

I shall never be very merry or very sad, for I am more prone to analyse than to feel. — H.P. Lovecraft

Everything that is good in the day is even better in the night. A merry-go-round, a ferris wheel, a kiss from a girl. — Joe Hill

I was able to endure and play a special part in music history. And I always managed to keep working, even if I wasn't a big solo artist. — Merry Clayton

You're obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there's no living with you, or without you. — Marcus Valerius Martialis

There was never a merry world since the fairies left off dancing. — John Selden

O merry, merry, merry, like only dogs know how to be happy and nothing more, with an absolute shameless nature. — Pablo Neruda

If there were dreams to sell,
Merry and sad to tell,
And the crier rung his bell,
What would you buy? — Thomas Lovell Beddoes

So, just for one more merry day To the great Tree the leaflets clung, Frolicked and danced and had their way, Upon the autumn breezes swung. — Sarah Chauncey Woolsey

If you wou'd have Guests merry with your cheer, Be so your self, or so at least appear. — Benjamin Franklin

And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you - all of you on the good Earth. — Frank Borman

My mind spun like the flywheel on an antique John Deere, merry-go-round during second-grade recess, hard spun roulette wheel. — Dennis Vickers

Life's just a merry-go-round. Come on up. You might get a brass ring. — Mae West

The melody of music makes my heart merry. — Lailah Gifty Akita

laughter. "Glad to find you so merry, my girls," said a cheery — Louisa May Alcott

Be bold, but wary! Keep up your merry hearts, and ride to meet your fortune! — J.R.R. Tolkien

Take up the tale," quoth Umslopogaas; "it is a merry one. — H. Rider Haggard

Oh, Jack, look how beautiful. Jack, look how darling that monkey is.

It was like going camping with Merry Little Sunshine. — Cindy Roland Anderson

Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas. — Peg Bracken

If ifs and buts were candies and nuts we'd all have a very Merry Christmas, — Gillian Flynn

To all pimps and whores a merry syphilis and a happy gonorrhea. — Graham Greene

Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt, And every grin so merry draws one out. — John Wolcot

The Blossoms and leaves in plenty From the apple tree fall each day; The merry breezes approach them, And with them merrily play. — Heinrich Heine

22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. — Anonymous

Getting married early is like wrestling with calculus on a merry trip to Las Vegas! — Kiran Joshi

And the merry love the fiddle, and the merry love to dance. — William Butler Yeats

Happy Christmas" was their version of "Merry Christmas," and a better version, it seemed to him, for making merry was different from making happiness. — Michael D. O'Brien