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    The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach

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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.

by Hung Tzu-cheng Found in: Joy Quotes,
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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.

by John Norris Of Bemerton Found in: Joy Quotes,
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Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.

Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.

by Carl Sandburg Found in: Joy Quotes,
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Find expression for a sorrow, and it will become dear to you. Find expression for a joy, and you will read more

Find expression for a sorrow, and it will become dear to you. Find expression for a joy, and you will intensify its ecstasy.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Joy Quotes,
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Our joy is dead, and only smiles on us.

Our joy is dead, and only smiles on us.

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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.

by Kahlil Gibran Found in: Joy Quotes,
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Cheerfulness is the very flower of health.

Cheerfulness is the very flower of health.

by Proverb Found in: Cheerfulness Quotes, Joy Quotes,
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There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

by Kahlil Gibran 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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