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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]

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An infant when it gazes on a light,
A child the moment when it drains the breast,
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An infant when it gazes on a light,
A child the moment when it drains the breast,
A devotee when soars the Host in sight,
An Arab with a stranger for a guest,
A sailor when the prize has struck in fight,
A miser filling his most hoarded chest,
Feel rapture; but not such true joy are reaping
As they who watch o'er what they love while sleeping.

by George Gordon Noel Byron Found in: Joy Quotes,
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Joy is not in things; it is in us

Joy is not in things; it is in us

by Richard Wagner Found in: Joy Quotes,
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Joy makes us giddy, dizzy.
[Ger., Die Freude macht drehend, wirblicht.]

Joy makes us giddy, dizzy.
[Ger., Die Freude macht drehend, wirblicht.]

by Ephraim Gotthold Lessing Found in: Joy Quotes,
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The joy late coming late departs.

The joy late coming late departs.

by Lewis J. Bates Found in: Joy Quotes,
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Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.

Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.

by Platen Found in: Joy Quotes,
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer read more

In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone 's letter.

by Chinese Proverbs Found in: Joy Quotes,
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I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do read more

I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again

by Mark Twain Found in: Achievement Quotes, Joy Quotes,
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs.

One joy scatters a hundred griefs.

by Chinese Proverbs Found in: Joy Quotes,
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