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Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.
Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.
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.]
Capacity for joy
Admits temptation.
Capacity for joy
Admits temptation.
Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to read more
Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.
There's a hope for every woe,
And a balm for every pain,
But the first joys of read more
There's a hope for every woe,
And a balm for every pain,
But the first joys of our heart
Come never back again!
But were there ever any
Writhed not at passed joy?
But were there ever any
Writhed not at passed joy?
Joy is not in things; it is in us
Joy is not in things; it is in us
Our joy is dead, and only smiles on us.
Our joy is dead, and only smiles on us.
