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Letter "D" » delights
«Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.»
Author: George MacDonald
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Relationships
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delights, equal, presence, trust, utterly
«As God delights in his own beauty, he must necessarily delight in the creature's holiness which is a conformity to and participation of it, as truly as (the) brightness of a jewel, held in the sun's beams, is a participation or derivation of the sun'»
Author: Jonathan Edwards
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Beauty,
God
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As god, beams, brightness, conformity, delights, derivation, derivations, holiness, jewel, participation
«A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul»
«He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life.»
«And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.»
«A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct, but a man of understanding delights in wisdom»
«Even the strong hand the bold player conquers, as the skilled gambler heaps up his winnings at the proper time. Upon him that loves the game (the god), and does not spare his money, (the game, the god) verily bestows the delights of wealth.»
Author: Atharva Veda
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bestows, conquers, delights, gambler, heaped-up, heaps, proper time, winnings
«Beauty is a harmonious relation between something in our nature and the quality of the object which delights us.»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
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delights, harmonious, relation
«For just as some women are said to be handsome though without adornment, so this subtle manner of speech, though lacking in artificial graces, delights us.»
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
(Lawyer, Orator, Scholar, Statesman, Writer)
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Women
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adornment, adornments, artificial, delights, handsome, lacking, subtle, the Graces
«For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life»
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