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Quote by Thomas Fuller
Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away so

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

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

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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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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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Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase. – John Balguy

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One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret – how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether thats even possible, interested me. – Ian Mcewan

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I think my capacity to change has given me tremendous happiness, because who I am today I am completely content to be. – Jamie Lee Curtis

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So our human life but dies down to its root, and still puts forth its green blade to eternity. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden

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