"Make the upcoming hour overflow with joy,..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
Make the upcoming hour overflow with joy, and let pleasure drown the brim.
More by William Shakespeare
“I shall despair. There is no creature loves me;And if I die no soul will pity me:And wherefore should they, since that I myselfFind in myself no pity to myself?”
“In springtime, the only pretty ring time Birds sing, hey ding A-ding, a-ding Sweet lovers love the spring—”
“Tis the times' plague, when madmen lead the blind.”
More on Joy
“Man is happiest when he is creating. In fact, the highest state of which man is capable lies in the creative act.”
“I enjoy going to Starbucks, having a cup of coffee, sitting in my car, driving from here to there, sitting at home looking at the trees, going for a walk with a dog. It's all very enjoyable.”
“A joy shared is a joy doubled.”
More on Pleasure
“Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind. Hear the music of voices, the song of birds, the mighty strains of an orchestra as if you would be stricken deaf tomorrow . . . Smell the perfume of flowers, taste with relish each morsel as if tomorrow you could never smell and taste again. Glory in all the facts of pleasure and beauty which the world reveals to you.”
“As the pleasures of the body are the ones which we most often meet with, and as all men are capable of these, these have usurped the family title; and some men think these are the only pleasures that exist, because they are the only ones which they know.”
“If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.”