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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. – G. K. Chesterton

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There are two kinds of discontent in this world. The discontent that works, and the discontent that wrings its hands. The first gets what it wants. The second loses what it has. Theres no cure for the first, but success and theres no cure at all for the second. – Gordon Graham

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Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire. – Thomas Fuller

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Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get. – Proverb

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I dont want to own anything that wont fit into my coffin. – Fred A. Allen

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