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Joy Quotes by William Blake
- He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun…
- The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some…
- Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.
- I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy befall…
- As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.
- The Angel that presided o'er my birth Said, 'Little creature, formed of joy and mirth, Go love without the help of any thing on earth'...
- O thou who passest through our valleys in Thy strength, curb thy fierce steeds, allay the heat That flames from their large nostrils! Thou, O…
- Love seeketh only self to please, To bind another to its delight, Joys in another's loss of ease, And builds a Hell in Heaven's despite.
- Joys impregnate. Sorrows bring forth.
- And I made a rural pen, And I stained the water clear, And I wrote my happy songs Every Child may joy to hear.
- Praises reap not! Joys laugh not! Sorrows weep not!
- Where others see but the dawn coming over the hill, I see the soul of God shouting for joy.
- The spirits of the air live on the smells Of fruit; and joy, with pinions light, roves round The gardens, or sits singing in the…
- I have mental joys and mental health, Mental friends and mental wealth, I've a wife that I love and that loves me; I've all but…
- He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.
- Man was made for joy and woe Then when this we rightly know Through the world we safely go. Joy and woe are woven fine…
- Sweet babe, in thy face Soft desires I can trace, Secret joys and secret smiles, Little pretty infant wiles.
- But to go to school in a summer morn, O! It drives all joy away; Under a cruel eye outworn, The little ones spend the…
- Energy is eternal delight.
- And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds and binding with briars my joys and desires. (from 'The Garden of Love')
More Joy Quotes
- Were kisses all the joys in bed, One woman would another wed. — William Shakespeare
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The Things That Make You Feel Bad, Are The Ones That Will Eventually Go Away, So, You Should Never Give Up Fighting,… — Ritu Ghatourey
- Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of… — Amelia Barr
- It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of… — Samuel Johnson
- What we play is life. — Louis Armstrong