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title: "2 Covering Quotes By Giovanni Giocondo"
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> [Life is so full of meaning and of purpose, so full of beauty - beneath its covering - that you will find that earth but cloaks your heaven. Courage, then to claim it: that is all!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-giocondo/life-is-so-full-of-meaning-and-of-purpose-so-full-of-beauty-beneath/)

[Giovanni Giocondo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giovanni-giocondo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53a/giovanni-giocondo-57507_beauty_life-is-so-full-of-meaning-and-of-purpos_16529.jpg)

> [Life is so generous a giver but we, judging its gifts by their covering, cast them away as ugly or heavy or hard. Remove the covering and you will find beneath it a living splendor, woven of love, by wisdom,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-giocondo/life-is-so-generous-a-giver-but-we-judging-its-gifts-by-their/)

[Giovanni Giocondo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giovanni-giocondo/)

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## More by Giovanni Giocondo

> [Life is so full of meaning and of purpose, so full of beauty - beneath its covering - that you will find that earth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-giocondo/life-is-so-full-of-meaning-and-of-purpose-so-full-of-beauty-beneath/)

[Giovanni Giocondo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giovanni-giocondo/)

> [Everything we call a trial, a sorrow or a duty, believe me, that angel's hand is there, the gift is there, and the wonder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-giocondo/everything-we-call-a-trial-a-sorrow-or-a-duty-believe-me-that-angel-s/)

[Giovanni Giocondo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giovanni-giocondo/)

> [No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-giocondo/no-heaven-can-come-to-us-unless-our-hearts-find-rest-in-it-today/)

[Giovanni Giocondo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giovanni-giocondo/)

> [Life is so generous a giver but we, judging its gifts by their covering, cast them away as ugly or heavy or hard. Remove…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-giocondo/life-is-so-generous-a-giver-but-we-judging-its-gifts-by-their/)

[Giovanni Giocondo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giovanni-giocondo/)

> [I salute you! There is nothing I can give you which you have not; but there is much, that, while I cannot give you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-giocondo/i-salute-you-there-is-nothing-i-can-give-you-which-you-have-not-but/)

[Giovanni Giocondo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giovanni-giocondo/)

> [Everything we call a trial, a sorrow, or a duty, believe me, that angel's hand is there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giovanni-giocondo/everything-we-call-a-trial-a-sorrow-or-a-duty-believe-me-that-angel-s-2/)

[Giovanni Giocondo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giovanni-giocondo/)

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