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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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The contented man can be happy with what appears to be useless.

The contented man can be happy with what appears to be useless.

by Hung Ko Found in: Contentment Quotes,
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

by Socrates Found in: Contentment Quotes,
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My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

by Charles Lamb Found in: Contentment Quotes,
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It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us.

It is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us.

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Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.

Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.

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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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Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

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We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of read more

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

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If you can look back on your life with contentment, you have one of man's most precious gifts -- a read more

If you can look back on your life with contentment, you have one of man's most precious gifts -- a selective memory.

by Jim Fiebig Found in: Contentment Quotes,
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