Quotes About Joy

How pretty it is here! It was an awful hovel, but she felt free.

The circumstances of happiness are not enough, there must also be peace of mind

Jean Valjean felt his heart melt within him with delight, at all these sparks of a tenderness so exclusive, so wholly satisfied with himself alone. The poor man trembled, inundated with angelic joy; he declared to himself ecstatically that this would last all their lives; he told himself that he really had not suffered sufficiently to merit so radiant a bliss, and he thanked God, in the depths of his soul, for having permitted him to be loved thus, he, a wretch, by that innocent being.

When Cosette went out with him, she leaned on his arm, proud, happy, her heart full to overflowing. Jean

The joy which we inspire has this charming property, that, far from growing meagre, like all reflections, it returns to us more radiant than ever. At recreation hours, Jean Valjean watched her running and playing in the distance, and he distinguished her laugh from that of the rest. For Cosette laughed now.

Es propio de las personas felices desear que las demás también lo sean.

l riso è il sole che scaccia l'inverno dal volto umano.

Os maus têm uma maneira sinistra de ser felizes.

L'eccesso del dolore, come l'eccesso della gioia, sono stati d'animo violenti, che durano poco. Il cuore dell'uomo non può restare a lungo in estremo.

Laughter is like sunshine; it chases winter away from the human face. Cosette

Les philosophes disent: Modérez vos joies. Moi je dis: Lâchez-leur la bride, à vos joies. Soyez épris comme des diables. Soyez enragés.

To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further, There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.

j'avais le paradis dans le coeur.

augurs; both of them had celebrated

L'excès de la douleur, comme l'excès de la joie, est une chose violente qui dure peu. Le cÅ"ur de l'homme ne peut rester longtemps dans une extrémité.

Le ore d'estasi non sono che un minuto.

but the cat rejoices even over a lean mouse.

To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark fols of life.

La sonrisa de la mujer amada tiene una claridad que disipa las tinieblas.

C'est une terrible chose d'être heureux! Comme on s'en contente! Comme on trouve que cela suffit! Comme, étant en possession du faux but de la vie, le bonheur, on oublie le vrai but, le devoir!

Quand je suis triste, je pense à vous, comme l'hiver on pense au soleil, et quand je suis gai, je pense à vous, comme en plein soleil on pense à l'ombre

The supreme happiness of life consists in the conviction that one is loved; loved for one's own sake—let us say rather, loved in spite of one's self; t

The happiness of the evil-minded is black.

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved