Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Joy wholly from without is false, precarious and short. Joy from within is like smelling the rose on the tree; it is more sweet, and fair, and lasting. Young.

Joy's a subtle elf; / I think man's happiest when he forgets himself. Cyril Tourneur.

Joys are for the gods; / Man's common course of nature is distress; / His joys are prodigies; and like them too, / Portend approaching ill. The wise man starts / And trembles at the perils of a bliss. Young.

Joys are our wings, sorrows are our spurs. 50 Jean Paul.

Joys carried too far change into sorrows. Justin Bertuch.

Joy's recollection is no longer joy, while sorrow's memory is a sorrow still. Byron.

Joys shared with others are more enjoyed. Pr.

Joys, tender and true, / Yet all with wings. Proctor.

Joyful to live, yet not afraid to die. Prior. 55

Joyfulness (Freudigkeit) is the mother of all virtues. Goethe.