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There is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
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“There is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.”

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King James Bible — Ecclesiastes 3:12
Date
1611
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King James Version translation committees · from Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic / Koine Greek
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Meaning of “There is no good in them, but for…”

Enjoyment and doing good are placed together, suggesting that a good life contains both received joy and useful action.

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Ecclesiastes 3:12 in the King James Version.

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“however rich or poor we may be, all that we eat, all that we are clothed with, all that shelters us, from the palace to the cottage, is the result of labour.”

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Life is a boundless privilege.
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“Life is a boundless privilege.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · The Conduct of Life · 1860
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The sentence frames existence as abundant possibility rather than mere duration, encouraging attention to what can still be learned, attempted, appreciated, and created.

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A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.
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“A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.”

John Keats · Endymion · 1818
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Keats opens the poem by claiming that beauty can continue to give delight beyond the instant in which it is first encountered.

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