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Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.

Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.

John Dryden
Joy, Watches, Youth
John Dryden, Sir Walter Scott (1808). “Dramatic works”, p.228

Joy rul'd the day, and Love the night.

John Dryden
Life, Night, Joy
John Dryden, John Mitford (1847). “The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose”, p.146

The winds that never moderation knew, Afraid to blow too much, too faintly blew; Or out of breath with joy, could not enlarge Their straighten'd lungs or conscious of their charge.

John Dryden
Blow, Wind, Joy
John Dryden, John Mitford (1847). “The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose”, p.7

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows much more; if future fortunes were known before!

John Dryden
Fate, Joy, Sorrow

When bounteous autumn rears her head, he joys to pull the ripened pear.

John Dryden
Autumn, Joy, Pears

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