The world's a jest, and joy's a trinket: I knew that once:...

The world's a jest, and joy's a trinket:
I knew that once: but now—I think it.

James Kenneth Stephen

'Senex to Matt. Prior' (1891)

James Kenneth Stephen Quotes

The world's a jest, and joy's a trinket: I knew that once: but now—I think it.

The world's a jest, and joy's a trinket: I knew that once: but now—I think it.

The world's a jest, and joy's a trinket: I knew that once: but now—I think it.

The world's a jest, and joy's a trinket: I knew that once: but now—I think it.