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    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.]

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Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed

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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.

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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.

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Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

by Walt Whitman Found in: Satisfaction Quotes,
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As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living.
Satisfaction is death.

As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living.
Satisfaction is death.

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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: Satisfaction Quotes,
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Satisfy a few to please many is bad.
[Ger., Mach' es Wenigen recht; vielen gefallen ist schlimm.]

Satisfy a few to please many is bad.
[Ger., Mach' es Wenigen recht; vielen gefallen ist schlimm.]

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Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around read more

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.

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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.

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