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Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
Try to be like the turtle -- at ease in your own shell.
Try to be like the turtle -- at ease in your own shell.
Whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and read more
Whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and set me to thinking of plans to gain my freedom.
He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.
Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.
Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty
Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty
The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire read more
The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach.
Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.
Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.
What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others.
What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others.
