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A man who is always satisfied with himself is seldom so with others, and others as little pleased with him
A man who is always satisfied with himself is seldom so with others, and others as little pleased with him
Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
 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.] 
 He is well paid that is well satisfied,
 And I delivering you am satisfied,
  And therein do read more 
 He is well paid that is well satisfied,
 And I delivering you am satisfied,
  And therein do account myself well paid;
   My mind was never yet more mercenary. 
 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. 
 The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
 [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux,
  Rien ne saurait les read more 
 The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
 [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux,
  Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.] 
 Those who seek for much are left in want of much. Happy is he to 
whom God has given, read more 
 Those who seek for much are left in want of much. Happy is he to 
whom God has given, with sparing hand, as much as is enough.
 [Lat., Multa petentibus
  Desunt multa.
   Bene est, cui Deus obtulit
    Parca, quod satis est manu.] 
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.
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.