Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.”
- Source
- Poems of Cheer
- Date
- 1914
Meaning of “But the man worth while is the one…”
The poem defines tested cheerfulness as the capacity to retain some steadiness when circumstances turn badly, rather than as pleasantness that exists only when life is easy.
Where does it come from?
Poems of Cheer, “Worth While,” represented 1914 Gay and Hancock edition; Project Gutenberg #3238. The line is poetic encouragement and does not imply that smiling is an adequate response to every form of suffering.
