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    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.

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One who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do. He has read more

One who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do. He has lain down to die, and the grass is already over him.

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Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a read more

Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase

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It is right to be contented with what we have, but never with what we are.

It is right to be contented with what we have, but never with what we are.

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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.

by Fred Estabrook Found in: Contentment Quotes,
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It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are.

It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are.

by James Mackintosh Found in: Contentment Quotes,
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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.

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He that is well paid is well satisfied.

He that is well paid is well satisfied.

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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.

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Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

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