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Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.
Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.
One who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do. He has read more
One who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do. He has lain down to die, and the grass is already over him.
Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a read more
Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase
What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others.
What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others.
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.
If you can look back on your life with contentment, you have one of man's most precious gifts -- a read more
If you can look back on your life with contentment, you have one of man's most precious gifts -- a selective memory.
It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are.
It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are.
The contented man can be happy with what appears to be useless.
The contented man can be happy with what appears to be useless.
He that is well paid is well satisfied.
He that is well paid is well satisfied.
