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  • Socrates He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • Horace You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Joseph Addison A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • Ann Plato A good education is that which prepares us for our future sphere of action and makes us contented with that situation in life in which God, in his infinite mercy, has seen fit to place us, to be perfectly resigned to our lot in life, whatever it may be.
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton Being ''contented'' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Go anywhere in England where there are natural, wholesome, contented, and really nice English people; and what do you always find? That the stables are the real center of the household.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Lao-Tzu He who is contented is rich.
    Lao-Tzu
    Chinese philosopher (600 - 550)
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  • Anna Harrison I wish that my husband's friends had left him where he is, happy and contented in retirement.
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  • Lucretius It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.
    Lucretius
    Roman poet and philosopher (95 - 55)
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  • James Mackintosh It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are.
    James Mackintosh
    British politician (1765 - 1832)
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  • Charles Lamb My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.
    Charles Lamb
    English essayist (1775 - 1834)
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  • Thomas à Kempis No one is qualified to converse in public except those contented to do without such conversation.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • Lewis Thomas Statistically, the probability of any of us being here is so small that you'd think the mere fact of existing would keep us all in contented dazzlement of surprise.
    Lewis Thomas
    American arts (1913 - 1993)
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  • Bliss Carman Thank God for poverty That makes and keeps us free, And lets us go our unobtrusive way, Glad of the sun and rain, Upright, serene, humane, Contented with the fortune of a day.
    Bliss Carman
    Canadian poet (1861 - 1929)
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  • Bhagavad Gita That one I love who is incapable of ill will, and returns love for hatred. Living beyond the reach of I and mind, and of pain and pleasure, full of mercy, contented, self-controlled, with all his heart and all his mind given to Me - with such a one I am in love.
    Bhagavad Gita
    Indian Hindu storybook
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  • John Kenneth Galbraith There's a certain part of the contented majority who love anybody who is worth a billion dollars.
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    American economist (1908 - 2006)
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  • Akhenaton To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.
    Akhenaton
    Egyptian King, Monotheist (1372 - 1337)
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  • Norman Vincent Peale Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
    Norman Vincent Peale
    American minister and author (1898 - 1993)
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  • Walter Savage Landor We cannot be contented because we are happy, and we cannot be happy because we are contented.
    Walter Savage Landor
    British poet (1775 - 1864)
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  • Adam Clayton Powell We have produced a world of contented bodies and discontented minds.
    Adam Clayton Powell
    American politician and pastor (1908 - 1972)
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