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The contented man can be happy with what appears to be useless.
The contented man can be happy with what appears to be useless.
Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty
Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty
I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.
I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.
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.
Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.
Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.
He that is well paid is well satisfied.
He that is well paid is well satisfied.
Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, read more
Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good read more
The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government.
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
