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To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty.
The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty.
One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching.
One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching.
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full
effort is full victory.
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full
effort is full victory.
There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.
There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.
A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.
A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.
If the crow had been satisfied to eat his prey in silence, he
would have had more meat and read more
If the crow had been satisfied to eat his prey in silence, he
would have had more meat and less quarreling and envy.
[Lat., Sed tacitus pasci si posset corvus, haberet
Plus dapis, et rixae multo minus invidiaeque.]
Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything
Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything
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.
