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title: "4 Contended Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Contended In Life. There is a joy in every day's life Beauty every where To appreciate things more Learn to be contended…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/contended-in-life-there-is-a-joy-in-every-day-s-life-beauty-every/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [No man thoroughly understands a truth until he has contended against it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/no-man-thoroughly-understands-a-truth-until-he-has-contended-against/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [“Man is never perfect, nor contended.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/man-is-never-perfect-nor-contended/)

[Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37d/jules-verne-795_perfect_man-is-never-perfect-nor-contended-24614_2461488.jpg)

> [I've never contended that I had a really horrible life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-karr/i-ve-never-contended-that-i-had-a-really-horrible-life/)

[Mary Karr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-karr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/858/mary-karr-3335_had_i-ve-never-contended-that-i-had-a-really_3095514.png)

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