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The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire read more
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
One joy shatters a hundred griefs
One joy shatters a hundred griefs
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.]
Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.
Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.
The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is read more
The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance in search of knowledge
One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance in search of knowledge
An infant when it gazes on a light,
A child the moment when it drains the breast,
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An infant when it gazes on a light,
A child the moment when it drains the breast,
A devotee when soars the Host in sight,
An Arab with a stranger for a guest,
A sailor when the prize has struck in fight,
A miser filling his most hoarded chest,
Feel rapture; but not such true joy are reaping
As they who watch o'er what they love while sleeping.
