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    There are two kinds of discontent in this world. The discontent that works, and the discontent that wrings its hands. The first gets what it wants. The second loses what it has. There's no cure for the first, but success and there's no cure at all for the second.

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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.

by Scottish Proverb Found in: Contentment Quotes,
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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

by John Balguy Found in: Contentment Quotes,
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The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire read more

The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach.

by Lin Yu-t'ang Found in: Contentment Quotes,
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Whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and read more

Whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and set me to thinking of plans to gain my freedom.

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One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.

One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.

by Eugene O'neill Found in: Contentment Quotes,
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Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

by Aesop Found in: Contentment Quotes,
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Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for read more

Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity, for being unenvied.

by Plutarch Found in: Contentment Quotes,
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

by Socrates Found in: Contentment Quotes,
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Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.

Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.

by John Fowles Found in: Contentment Quotes,
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