I did not find information related to below saying. Please help me to understand same.
"All who joy would win must share it, Happiness was born a twin"
"All who joy would win must share it, Happiness was born a twin"
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Don Juan, Canto II, Stanza CLXXII.
Both were so young, and one so innocent,
That bathing passed for nothing; Juan seemed
To her, as 't were, the kind of being sent,
Of whom these two years she had nightly dreamed,
A something to be loved, a creature meant
To be her happiness, and whom she deemed
To render happy; all who joy would win
Must share it,--Happiness was born a Twin.
Don Juan, Canto II, Stanza CLXXII.
Both were so young, and one so innocent,
That bathing passed for nothing; Juan seemed
To her, as 't were, the kind of being sent,
Of whom these two years she had nightly dreamed,
A something to be loved, a creature meant
To be her happiness, and whom she deemed
To render happy; all who joy would win
Must share it,--Happiness was born a Twin.
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Is my understanding correct?
When something good happens in your life you are so elated, filled with joy and happiness, naturally you want to share it with another...
I think he is trying to describe a form of love, and as such, that you would need a relationship with another person to experience it and share the joy. In a way saying that you cannot produce that happiness by yourself?
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