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Try to be like the turtle -- at ease in your own shell.
Try to be like the turtle -- at ease in your own shell.
Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.
Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.
He that is well paid is well satisfied.
He that is well paid is well satisfied.
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.
Patience is the key to contentment.
Patience is the key to contentment.
Nothing contributes more to a person's peace of mind than having no opinions at all.
Nothing contributes more to a person's peace of mind than having no opinions at all.
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.
Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.
Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
