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

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I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. Philippians 4:11 – Bible

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Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man. – John Fowles

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