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He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy.
He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy.
And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.
And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.
Joy comes from using your potential.
Joy comes from using your potential.
Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose.
Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose.
How fading are the joys we dote upon!
Like apparitions seen and gone;
But those which soonest read more
How fading are the joys we dote upon!
Like apparitions seen and gone;
But those which soonest take their flight
Are the most exquisite and strong;
Like angel's visits short and bright,
Mortality's too weak to bear them long.
Joy is not in things; it is in us
Joy is not in things; it is in us
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.]
Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.
Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.
I do it for the joy it brings, cause I'm a joyful girl. 'Cause the world owes us nothing, we read more
I do it for the joy it brings, cause I'm a joyful girl. 'Cause the world owes us nothing, we owe each other the world.
