Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

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.

I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do read more

I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart read more

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.

And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.

And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.

When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace,love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things.

When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace,love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things.

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.

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.]

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.