Happiness was not made to be boasted, but enjoyed. Therefore tho others count me miserable, I will not believe them if I know and feel myself to be happy; nor fear them.
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This visible world is wonderfully to be delighted in, and highly to be esteemed, because it is the theatre of God's righteous Kingdom.Thomas Traherne
It is of the nobility of man's soul that he is insatiable for he hath a benefactor so prone to give, that he delighteth in us for asking. Do not your inclinations tell you that the world is yours Do you not covet all Do you not long to have it to en.
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All men see the same objects, but do not equally understand them. Intelligence is the tongue that discerns and tastes them.
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To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love all is glorious.
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A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and a little malice or envy a world of joys. One wry principle in the mind is of infinite consequence.
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You never know yourself till you know more than your body.
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