IT ISN'T COSTLY

IT ISN'T COSTLY

By Edgar Guest 1916

Does the grouch get richer quicker than the

friendly sort of man?

Can the grumbler labor better than the cheerful

fellow can?

Is the mean and churlish neighbor any cleverer

than the one

Who shouts a glad " good morning," and then

smiling passes on?

Just stop and think about it. Have you ever

known or seen

A mean man who succeeded, just because he

was so mean?

When you find a grouch with honors and with

money in his pouch,

You can bet he didn't win them just because

he was a grouch.

Oh, you'll not be any poorer if you smile along

your way,

And your lot will not be harder for the kindly

things you say.

Don't imagine you are wasting time for others

that you spend :

You can rise to wealth and glory and still pause

to be a friend.