Joys

Famous quotes containing the word joys:

“The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears.”
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)

“O Cressida! But that the busy day,
Waked by the lark, hath roused the ribald crows,
And dreaming night will hide our joys no longer,
I would not from thee.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“We may have civilized bodies and yet barbarous souls. We are blind to the real sights of this world; deaf to its voice; and dead to its death. And not till we know, that one grief outweighs ten thousand joys will we become what Christianity is striving to make us.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)