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“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!”
Voice: Fictional character · Caroline Bingley
The line is memorable as praise of reading, though its comic context matters because Miss Bingley says it while performing interest for Darcy.
Source note: Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 11; context is ironic.
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“Life is a boundless privilege.”
The sentence frames existence as abundant possibility rather than mere duration, encouraging attention to what can still be learned, attempted, appreciated, and created.
Source note: The Conduct of Life; Emerson uses the line while describing life as an expanding field of experience rather than a narrowly fixed allotment.
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“So look forward to better things.”
The advice resists suffering in advance: when the feared event has not happened, the present still leaves room for a better outcome.
Source note: Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter 13, section 11, Richard M. Gummere translation.
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“The joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Joy is described as a source of strength, suggesting that encouragement can sustain people through demanding responsibilities rather than merely entertain them.
Source note: Nehemiah 8:10 in the King James Version; concluding reassurance in the verse.
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“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.”
The agricultural image holds sorrow and future joy in the same process, making present pain compatible with later restoration.
Source note: Psalm 126:5 in the King James Version.
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“The hope of the righteous shall be gladness.”
Hope is connected with gladness because a worthy expectation can give present direction before the hoped-for outcome arrives.
Source note: Proverbs 10:28 in the King James Version; opening clause of the verse.