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Laughter shall be mingled with sorrow, and mourning occupies the limits of joy. (Proverbs 14, 13)
A joyful soul makes a lifetime flourish. A gloomy spirit dries out the bones. (Proverbs 17, 22)
The joy of youths is their strength. And the dignity of old men is their grey hairs. (Proverbs 20, 29)
Let your father and your mother be joyful, and may she who conceived you exult. (Proverbs 23, 25)
I said in my heart: “I will go forth and overflow with delights, and I will enjoy good things.” And I saw that this, too, is emptiness. (Ecclesiastes 2, 1)
And all that my eyes desired, I did not refuse them. Neither did I prohibit my heart from enjoying every pleasure, and from amusing itself in the things that I had prepared. And I regarded this as my share, as if I were making use of my own labors. (Ecclesiastes 2, 10)
And so, this has seemed good to me: that a person should eat and drink, and should enjoy the fruits of his labor, in which he has toiled under the sun, for the number of the days of his life that God has given him. For this is his portion. (Ecclesiastes 5, 17)
And this is a gift from God: that every man to whom God has given wealth and resources, and to whom he has granted the ability to consume these, may enjoy his portion, and may find joy in his labors. (Ecclesiastes 5, 18)
Even if he were to live for two thousand years, and yet not thoroughly enjoy what is good, does not each one hurry on to the same place? (Ecclesiastes 6, 6)
In good times, enjoy good things, but beware of an evil time. For just as God has establish the one, so also the other, in order that man may not find any just complaint against him. (Ecclesiastes 7, 15)
Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your uncertain life which have been given to you under the sun, during all the time of your vanity. For this is your portion in life and in your labor, with which you labor under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 9, 9)
Therefore, hurry, let us enjoy the good things of the present time, and let us quickly use up passing things, just as in youth. (Wisdom of Solomon 2, 6)
