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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.]
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.
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
He [Moliere] pleases every one but can not please himself.
[Fr., Il plait a tout le monde et ne read more
He [Moliere] pleases every one but can not please himself.
[Fr., Il plait a tout le monde et ne saurait se plaire.]
He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his
father.
[Fr., Est bien fou read more
He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his
father.
[Fr., Est bien fou du cerveau
Qui pretend contenter tout le monde et son pere.]
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.]
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.
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
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.
