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Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at

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

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

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A Sunday well-spent brings a week of content. – Proverb

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