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Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it. |
Tom Stoppard |
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But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. (Psalms 5:11) |
Bible |
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For what is love itself, for the one we love best? - an enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love |
George Eliot |
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He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy. |
Kahlil Gibran |
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I feel that you are justified in looking into the future with true assurance, because you have a mode of living in which we find the joy of life and the joy of work harmoniously combined. Added to this is the spirit of ambition which pervades your v |
Albert Einstein |
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I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again |
Mark Twain |
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In reality, in love there is a permanent suffering which joy neutralizes, renders virtual, delays, but which can at any moment become what it would have become long earlier if one had not obtained what one wanted, atrocious |
Marcel Proust |
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It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love. |
Moliere |
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Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift. |
Albert Einstein |
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Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion. |
John Burroughs |
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Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow |
Helen Keller |
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Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself |
Mahatma Gandhi |
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Joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance |
Bible |
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Joy, whose hand is ever at his lips, bidding adieu |
John Keats |
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Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by. |
Carl Sandburg |
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