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Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.
Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.
He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy.
He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy.
Joy, in Nature's wide dominion,
Mightiest cause of all is found;
And 'tis joy that moves the read more
Joy, in Nature's wide dominion,
Mightiest cause of all is found;
And 'tis joy that moves the pinion
When the wheel of time goes round.
He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it read more
He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in Eternity's sunrise.
Warm weather fosters growth: cold weather destroys it. Thus a man with an unsympathetic temperament has a scant joy: but read more
Warm weather fosters growth: cold weather destroys it. Thus a man with an unsympathetic temperament has a scant joy: but a man with a warm and friendly heart overflowing blessings, and his beneficence will extend to posterity.
This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty read more
This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clot of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. . -George Bernard Shaw.
One joy shatters a hundred griefs
One joy shatters a hundred griefs
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.
Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
[Lat., Gaudia non remanent, sed fugitiva volant.]
Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away.
[Lat., Gaudia non remanent, sed fugitiva volant.]