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I wish you all the joy that you can wish.

I wish you all the joy that you can wish.

'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 3, sc. 2, l. 191

There's nothing in this world can make me joy.

William Shakespeare (2013). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare In Plain and Simple English”, p.113, BookCaps Study Guides

Silence is the perfectest herault of joy. I were but little happy if I could say how much.

William Shakespeare, Demitra Papadinis “Renaissance Acting Editions: Much adoe about Nothing [Much Ado About Nothing]”, Demitra Papadinis

For here, I hope, begins our lasting joy.

William Shakespeare (2001). “Henry the Sixth, Part Three”, p.325, Oxford University Press, USA

My life, my joy, my food, my ail the world!

William Shakespeare (2013). “Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.92, BookCaps Study Guides

Virtue preserv'd from fell destruction's blast, Led on by heaven, and crown'd with joy at last.

William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Edward Capell, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.219

Here come the lovers, full of joy and mirth.— Joy, gentle friends! joy and fresh days of love Accompany your hearts!

William Shakespeare (2012). “Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream”, p.161, Courier Corporation

Some glory in their birth , some in their skill , Some in their wealth , some in their bodies' force , Some in their garments, though new-fangled ill; Some in their hawks and hounds , some in their horse ; And every humor hath his adjunct pleasure , Wherein it finds a joy above the rest .

William Shakespeare (1816). “The Works of William Shakspeare...: Collated Verbatim with the Most Authentic Copies, and Revised, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.75

What is light, if Sylvia be not seen? What is joy if Sylvia be not by?

William Shakespeare (2011). “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, p.103, Simon and Schuster

Tis safter to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.

William Shakespeare (2001). “The Tragedy of Macbeth”, p.150, Classic Books Company

Thou mak'st me merry: I am full of pleasure; let us be jocund

William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Alexander Pope (1794). “Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor. Measure for measure”, p.64

My joy is death- Death, at whose name I oft have been afeard, Because I wish'd this world's eternity.

William Shakespeare, Thomas Dolby (1832). “The Shakespearian Dictionary, Forming a General Index to All the Popular Expressions, and Most Striking Passages in the Works of Shakespeare, from a Few Words to Fifty Or More Lines ... By T. Dolby”, p.60

Bring me a constant woman to her husband, One that ne'er dream'd a joy beyond his pleasure, And to that woman, when she has done most, Yet will I add an honour-a great patience.

William Shakespeare (2013). “Making Sense of Henry VIII! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling)”, p.156, BookCaps Study Guides

O love, be moderate, allay thy ecstasy, In measure rain thy joy, scant this excess!

William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Edward Capell, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.205

The violence of either grief or joy, their own enactures with themselves destroy.

William Shakespeare (1793). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The Fourth Edition. Revised and Augmented (with a Glossarial Index) by the Editor of Dodsley's Collection of Old Plays”, p.192

How much better is it to weep at joy than to joy at weeping?

'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 1, sc. 1, l. [27]

But here's the joy: my friend and I are one, Sweet flattery!

William Shakespeare (1864). “The Works of William Shakespeare”, p.1036

Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much. Lady, as you are mine, I am yours: I give away myself for you and dote upon the exchange.

William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.48

Each present joy or sorrow seems the chief.

William Shakespeare, Thomas Dolby (1832). “The Shakespearian Dictionary, Forming a General Index to All the Popular Expressions, and Most Striking Passages in the Works of Shakespeare, from a Few Words to Fifty Or More Lines ... By T. Dolby”, p.260

Be merry; you have cause, so have we all, of joy; for our escape is much beyond our loss . . . . then wisely weigh our sorrow with our comfort.

William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Isaac Reed (1778). “Prefaces. The tempest. The two gentlemen of Verona. The merry wives of Windsor.- v.2. Measure for measure. Comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing. Love's labour lost.- v.3. Midsummer night's dream. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. Taming the shrew.- v.4. All's well that ends well. Twelfth night. Winter's tale. Macbeth.- v.5 King John. King Richrd II. King Henry IV, parts I-II.- v.6. King Henry V. King Henry VI, parts I-III.- v.7 King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Coriolanus.- v.8. Julius Cæ”