Delight Quotes
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A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.
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And was the day of my delight As pure and perfect as I say?
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I flush with heaving passion's strange delight, Yet find contentment lost in appetite.
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If, for you, orthodox means finally “getting it right” or “getting it straight,” mine is a pretty disappointing, curvy orthodoxy. But if, for you, orthodoxy isn’t a list of correct doctrines, but rather the doxa in orthodoxy, which means “thinking” or “opinion,” then the lifelong pursuit of expanding thinking and deepening, broadening opinions about God sounds like a delight, a joy.
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To prefer it is better than to only know it. To delight in it is better than merely to prefer it.
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A hundred objective measurements didn't sum the worth of a garden; only the delight of its users did that.
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To her own heart it was a delightful affair, to her imagination it was even a ridiculous one, but to her reason, her judgment, it was completely a puzzle.
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To me, art is not a solitary delight. It is a means of stirring the greatest number of men by providing them with a privileged image of our common joys and woes.
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Make the Sabbath a delight by rendering service to others.
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There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain.
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Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.
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Your drudgery is another person's delight. It's only a job if you treat it that way. The privilege to do our work, to be in control of the promises we make and the things we build, is something worth cherishing.
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The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.
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If a man does what is good, let him do it again; let him delight in it; happiness is the outcome of good.
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If God be infinitely holy, just, and good, He must take delight in those creatures that resemble Him most in these perfections.
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Selfishness makes Christmas a burden; Love makes it a delight. The joy of brightening a child's heart creates the magic of Christmas.
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Music is a treasure and a love and a delight. It clears people's souls and lifts them high.
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You are far more likely to do your best work if you are willing to delight a few as opposed to soothe the masses.
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Tell all the Truth but tell it slant-- Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth's superb surprise As Lightning to the Children eased With explanation kind The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind--
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True friends are the whole world to one another; and he that is a friend to himself is also a friend to mankind. Even in my studies the greatest delight I take is of imparting it to others; for there is no relish to me in the possessing of anything without a partner.
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Life has loveliness to sell, Music like a curve of gold, Scent of pine trees in the rain, Eyes that love you, arms that hold, And for your spirit's still delight, Holy thoughts that star the night.
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The plant kingdom covers the entire earth, offering our senses great pleasure and the delights of summer.
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Thy love is singular when all thy delight is in Jesus Christ and in no other thing finds joy and comfort.
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Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy.
