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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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Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone. – 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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Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. – William Congreve

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All human joys are swift of wing, For heaven doth so allot it; That when you get an easy thing, You find you havent got it. – Eugene Field

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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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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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