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Joys Quotes by William Blake
- As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.
- 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.
- Praises reap not! Joys laugh not! Sorrows weep not!
- 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…
- Sweet babe, in thy face Soft desires I can trace, Secret joys and secret smiles, Little pretty infant wiles.
- And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds and binding with briars my joys and desires. (from 'The Garden of Love')
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- In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast. — Henry Ward Beecher
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- At fifteen one is first beginning to realize that everything isn't money and power in this world, and is casting about for… — Robert Benchley
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