problems settled, the burden of each one lifted by your wisdom and understanding, and by the shrewdness and experience the days have won for you...
Always smile... If you are sound of body, then smile: you are in a blessing for which many envy you... And if you are ill, then smile: your smile whispers hope to you without your knowing it, and draws to you everyone who sees you.
If you are rich, then smile: life has laid out for you much of its comfort... And if you are poor, then smile: poverty has sharpened your sensibility and made you a delicate creature, all feeling and tenderness and mercy...
If you are beautiful, then smile: life has adorned you with the most precious of its ornaments... And if you are not beautiful, then smile, for your smile bespeaks a good soul; it bespeaks contentment with what God has apportioned... it bespeaks an inner beauty that spreads through your soul and breathes out its
fragrance in spite of everything... It is a smile that confers upon you a gentleness and a delicacy that make you beloved of all souls.
And if you give, give with a smile, for so the worth of your gift is doubled... And if you receive, receive with a smile... it is the sign of a grateful heart that acknowledges a kindness...
Smiles — oh, the magic of smiles! And how deep their effect upon souls... Oh, the sweetness that flows from them, and the power that lies hidden in them... the sweetness of enchanting womanhood, and the power of triumphing over life's pains... Oh, their beauty in all its kinds! But oh, the splendor of that brave, heartening one, which is all denial of self, all giving and spending, and which stands like a statue of sacrifice set up on the shore of life, gazing at the clashing waves and listening to their roar, then smiling and crying out: Bring what you have — for however you rage and tower, you shall never drown the base on which I set my feet...
CORTAS — Cortas Bros. & Co.
CORTAS
PUREE DE TOMATE
CORTAS
Tomato paste and vinegar, jams, and orange and lemon syrups
Cortas Bros. & Co. — Beirut
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The supervisory committee: Afifi Majdalani
Ibtihaj Kaddoura
Rida Jureidini
Lily Badre
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