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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world. – Joseph Addison

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Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition; but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express. – Joseph Addison

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The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding. – Joseph Addison

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The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount. – Joseph Addison

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Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He who is content. Who is that? Nobody. – Benjamin Franklin

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Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor. – Benjamin Franklin

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

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