| Author |
Quotes |
| Abraham Cowley | Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear nor wish th' approaches of the last. |
| Barnabe Barnes | Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold? |
| Bible | Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. |
| Cervantes Saavedra | I would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should have my will, and having my will, I should be contented; and when one is contented, there is no more to be desired; and when there is no more to be desired, there is an end of it. |
| Horatius Flaccus | The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing. |
| Horatius Flaccus | Those who want much, are always much in need; happy the man to whom God gives with a sparing hand what is sufficient for his wants. |
| Horatius Flaccus | Let me posses what I now have, or even less, so that I may enjoy my remaining days, if Heaven grant any to remain. |
| Isaac Bickerstaff | There was a jolly miller once, Lived on the River Dee; He worked and sang, from morn to night; No lark so blithe as he. And this the burden of his song, Forever used to be,-- "I care for nobody, not I, If no one cares for me." |
| James Beattie | From labour health, from health contentment spring; Contentment opes the source of every joy. |
| John Bunyan | Some things are of that nature as to make One's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache. |
| John Byrom | With more of thanks and less of thought, I strive to make my matters meet; To seek what ancient sages sought, Physic and food in sour and sweet, To take what passes in good part, And keep the hiccups from the heart. |
| John Gay | What happiness the rural maid attends, In cheerful labour while each day she spends! She gratefully receives what Heav'n has sent, And, rich in poverty, enjoys content. |
| Oliver Goldsmith | Their wants but few, their wishes all confin'd. |
| Oliver Goldsmith | Where wealth and freedom reign, contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails. |
| Robert Burns | Contented wi' little, and cantie wi' mair. |
| Robert Burns | I'll be merry and free, I'll be sad for nae-body; If nae-body cares for me, I'll care for nae-body. |
| Robert Herrick | Let's live with that small pittance which we have; Who covets more is evermore a slave. |
| Unattributed Author | Happy am I; from care I'm free! Why aren't they all contented like me? |
| William Cowper | Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor, And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away. |
| William R Alger | Ten poor men sleep in peace on one straw heap, as Saadi sings, But the immensest empire is too narrow for two kings. |
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