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

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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Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. – John Dryden

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Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun. – John Dryden

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Pains of love be sweeter far than all the other pleasures are. – 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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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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The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it. – Michel de Montaigne

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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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