This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clot of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. . -George Bernard Shaw.
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Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.
Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.
But were there ever any
Writhed not at passed joy?
But were there ever any
Writhed not at passed joy?
And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.
And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.
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.]
He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it read more
He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in Eternity's sunrise.
A joy that's shared is a joy made double.
A joy that's shared is a joy made double.
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.
The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.
The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.
