Delight Quotes
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O my God, if Thy creations are so full of beauty, delight and joy, how infinitely more full of beauty, delight and joy art Thou Thyself, Creator of all!
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To delight in conquest is to delight in slaughter.
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In the human species at all events there is a great diversity of pleasures. The same things delight some men and annoy others, and things painful and disgusting to some are pleasant and attractive to others.
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If you have any talent, or any occupation that delights you, do it, and do it to the hilt. Don't ask why, or what difficulties you may get into.
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As high as we have mounted in delight, In our dejection do we sink as low.
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To know it is not as good as to love it, and to love it is not as good as to take delight in it.
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Where will I be five years from now? I delight in not knowing. That's one of the greatest things about life its wonderful surprises.
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The feathery palms that lined the drainage canals, the acacia thorns and sycamores, all glistened with the sheen of new, pale-green leaves, and in Khaemwaset’s gardens the vivid clusters of flowers had begun to bloom with an abandon that assaulted the eyes and filled the nostrils with delight.
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Equals, the proverb goes, delight in equals.
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I want to bring an element of delight and magic that will knit together the Sprint Arena and the Power and Light District.
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Delight, Delight, Delight...in our youth.
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[My kitten] is dressed in a tortoise-shell suit, and I know you will delight in her.
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The soul of sweet delight, can never be defiled.
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These violent delights have violent ends And in their triump die, like fire and powder Which, as they kiss, consume
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Hope is sweet-minded and sweet-eyed. It draws pictures; it weaves fancies; it fills the future with delight.
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Ah! the terror and the delight of that moment when first we fear ourselves! Until then we have not lived.
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L'imagination m'apportait des délices infinies. En recouvrant ce que les hommes appellent la raison, faudra-t-il regretter de les avoir perdues...? My imagination gave me infinite delight. In recovering what men call reason, do I have to regret the loss of these joys?
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Nature was indeed at her artistic best when she created the nutmeg, a delight to the eye in all its avatars, from the completely garbed to nudity.
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It would be the greatest delight of the seraphs to pile up sand on the seashore or to pull weeds in a garden for all eternity, if they found out such was God's will. Our Lord himself teaches us to ask to do the will of God on earth as the saints do it in heaven: "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
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How beautiful the water is! To me 'tis wondrous fair-- No spot can ever lonely be If water sparkle there; It hath a thousand tongues of mirth, Of grandeur, or delight, And every heart is gladder made When water greets the sight.
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...there is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation.
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Misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case.
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So what's your team called?" asked Kate, twisting her legs into a pretzel-like configuration, "We're called the Winmates because we're inmates who win." Kate looked back and forth at Reynie and Constance, searching their expression for signs of delight. "You gave yourselves a name?" asked Constance. Now it was Kate's turn to be baffled. "You didn't? How can you have a team without a name?
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The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion.
