#rejoice

Humans love truth and justice, and rejoice in ceremonies that honor those qualities. For that sentiment we should indeed thank God. ↗

— Alfred Day Hershey

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There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice. ↗

— John Calvin

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He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back. ↗

— Henri Matisse

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If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice. ↗

— Plautus

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Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good. ↗

— Pythagoras

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If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive. ↗

— Eleonora Duse

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As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking. ↗

— William Godwin

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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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Let others laugh when you sacrifice desire to duty, if they will. You have time and eternity to rejoice in. ↗

— Theodore Parker

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To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

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