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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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He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear. – John Dryden

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It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence. – John Dryden

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Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Joys divided are increased. – Josiah Gilbert Holland

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With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow — I have still joy in the midst of all these things. – Confucius

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When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this: When you die, will YOU be happy when everybody else is crying? – Tony Campolo

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I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. – Frank Lloyd Wright

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That was my first lesson from Ben-Gurion. Then I saw him making peace, and I saw him making war. He mobilized me before the war. The man was a very rare combination between a real intellectual and a born leader. There is a contradiction between the two. – Shimon Peres

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