Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full
effort is full victory.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full
effort is full victory.

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.

There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
[Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.]

There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
[Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.]

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.]

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

Give me, indulgent gods! with mind serene,
And guiltless heart, to range the sylvan scene;
No splendid read more

Give me, indulgent gods! with mind serene,
And guiltless heart, to range the sylvan scene;
No splendid poverty, no smiling care,
No well-bred hate, or servile grandeur, there.

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction

This life is not for complaint, but for satisfaction