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And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy,
The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy.
And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy,
The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy.
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.
They all attain perfection When they find joy in their work.
They all attain perfection When they find joy in their work.
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.
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.]
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
One joy scatters 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.
Joy is not in things; it is in us
Joy is not in things; it is in us
Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.
Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.
