Ben Jonson Quotes About Joy
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True gladness doth not always speak; joy, bred and born but in the tongue, is weak.
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Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy To see how plump my bags are and my barns.
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Come, my Celia, let us prove, While we can, the sports of love, Time will not be ours for ever, He, at length, our good will sever; Spend not then his gifts in vain: Suns that set may rise again; But if once we lose this light, 'Tis with us perpetual night. Why should we defer our joys? Fame and rumour are but toys.
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True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
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