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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.]
You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both
You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both
Our joy is dead, and only smiles on us.
Our joy is dead, and only smiles on us.
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.
Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.
Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.
Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in read more
Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness
Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow
Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
One joy shatters a hundred griefs
One joy shatters a hundred griefs