Quote by John Dryden
For present joys are more to flesh and blood than a dull prospect

For present joys are more to flesh and blood than a dull prospect of a distant good. – John Dryden

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Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age. – John Dryden

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Goodbye
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We lovd, and we lovd as long as we could
Til our love was lovd out in us both;
But our marriage is dead, when the pleasure has fled:
Twas pleasure that made it an oath. – John Dryden

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Divorce
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Joy, Excitement
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One joy scatters a hundred grieves. – Chinese Proverb

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Joy, Excitement

Joys divided are increased. – Josiah Gilbert Holland

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Joy, Excitement

Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside. – Dr. Melba Colgrove

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Joy, Excitement

Happy is the person who not only sings, but feels Gods eye is on the sparrow, and knows He watches over me. To be simply ensconced in God is true joy. – Alfred A. Montapert

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Joy, Excitement

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Fasting of the body is food for the soul. – John Chrysostom

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Fasting

A few years ago I lost 30 pounds, and people still wanted to criticize. And honestly, Im happy with myself if Im a little heavier. I realized: Why am I trying to conform to someone elses idea of beauty? I think Im beautiful either way. – Khloe Kardashian

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Beauty

When will pleasure crash with regret? – Terri Guillemets

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Pleasure

There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment the time is always now. – James A. Baldwin

Category:
Future