Joy

Famous quotes containing the word joy:

“The shimmering night does not stay for mortals, not misfortunes, nor wealth, but in a moment it is gone, and to the turn of another comes joy and loss.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)

“God, I am caught in a snare!
I know not what fine wire is round my throat;
I only know I let him finger there
My pulse of life, and let him nose like a stoat
Who sniffs with joy before he drinks the blood.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)

“How much better is it to weep at joy than to joy at weeping!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)