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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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Fear
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John Dryden
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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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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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The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it. – Michel de Montaigne

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Joy, Excitement

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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One joy scatters a hundred grieves. – Chinese Proverb

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