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QUOTES ON JOY

Is it that they fear the pain of death, or could it be they fear the joy of life?

TOAD THE WET SPROCKET, Pray Your Gods

He who has once been happy is for aye
Out of destruction's reach. His fortune then
Holds nothing secret; and Eternity,
Which is a mystery to other men,
Has like a woman given him its joy.

WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT, With Esther

Joy may be a miser,
But Sorrow’s purse is free.

RICHARD HENRY STODDARD, Persian Song

If I dream I have you, I have you,
For, all our joys are but fantastical.

JOHN DONNE, The Dream

Pleasure's a Moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But Joy's a Butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Nature's light.

WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES, Joy and Pleasure

Joy's recollection is no longer joy,
While Sorrow's memory is a sorrow still.

LORD BYRON, Marino Faliero

Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have someone to divide it with.

MARK TWAIN, The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson


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