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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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The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves. – John Dryden

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He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in Eternitys sunrise. – William Blake

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Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love – Mother Theresa

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Unexplained joy is always so keen that… it seems to hold enough to reconcile one to the inevitable. – Jessie B. Fremont

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I sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy. – C.S. Lewis

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