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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.
Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty
Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty
A man who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do.
A man who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do.
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.
If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.
We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.
He that is well paid is well satisfied.
He that is well paid is well satisfied.
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.
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.
