--- title: "11 Contented Man Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Contented Man quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Contented Man sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/frank-herbert-262_doe_it-is-a-wise-man-that-does-know-the-cont_85935.jpg" --- > [It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/it-is-a-wise-man-that-does-know-the-contented-man-is-never-poor/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/frank-herbert-262_doe_it-is-a-wise-man-that-does-know-the-cont_85935.jpg) > [I love my family, my wife, my kids, my dogs, my home, my life. I am a very happy and contented man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-idle/i-love-my-family-my-wife-my-kids-my-dogs-my-home-my-life-i-am-a-very/) [Eric Idle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-idle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adc/eric-idle-3734_am_i-love-my-family-my-wife-my-kids-my-dogs_683463.jpg) > [The mouth of a perfectly contented man is filled with beer. -Egyptian proverb, c. 2200 BCE](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-standage/the-mouth-of-a-perfectly-contented-man-is-filled-with-beer-egyptian/) [Tom Standage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-standage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc2/tom-standage-21003_beer_the-mouth-of-a-perfectly-contented-man-i_3176397.png) > [I'm a contented man and that probably reflects in my personality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dharmendra/i-m-a-contented-man-and-that-probably-reflects-in-my-personality/) [Dharmendra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dharmendra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/dharmendra-4732_contented_i-m-a-contented-man-and-that-probably-re_421111.jpg) > [The Christian is the most contented man in the world, but he is the least contented with the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/the-christian-is-the-most-contented-man-in-the-world-but-he-is-the-2/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/975/charles-spurgeon-82_christian_the-christian-is-the-most-contented-man_1544020.png) > [“For the contented man, lake is an ocean; for the discontented one, ocean is a lake!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/for-the-contented-man-lake-is-an-ocean-for-the-discontented-one-ocean/) [Mehmet Murat ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f57/mehmet-murat-ildan-3_contented_for-the-contented-man-lake-is-an-ocean-f_629882.jpg) > [Instead of complaining at his lot, a contented man is thankful that his condition and circumstances are no worse than they are.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-w-pink/instead-of-complaining-at-his-lot-a-contented-man-is-thankful-that/) [Arthur W. Pink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-w-pink/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/678/arthur-w-pink-4530_blessing_instead-of-complaining-at-his-lot-a-cont_3012766.png) > [The Christian is the most contented man in the world, but he is the least contented with the world. He is like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/the-christian-is-the-most-contented-man-in-the-world-but-he-is-the/) [Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a58/charles-spurgeon-82_accommodations_the-christian-is-the-most-contented-man_166764.png) > [“As far as I'm concerned, Miss Kenton, my vocation will not be fulfilled until I have done all I can to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/as-far-as-i-m-concerned-miss-kenton-my-vocation-will-not-be-fulfilled/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_career_as-far-as-i-m-concerned-miss-kenton-my-v_172402.jpg) > [“You were happy!” I exclaimed, as I returned quickly to the town, “‘as gay and contented as a man can be!’” God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/you-were-happy-i-exclaimed-as-i-returned-quickly-to-the-town-as-gay/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe4/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_envy_you-were-happy-i-exclaimed-as-i-returned_2291355.jpg) > [“And I thought how many satisfied, happy people really do exist in this world! And what a powerful force they are! Just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anton-chekhov/and-i-thought-how-many-satisfied-happy-people-really-do-exist-in-this/) [Anton Chekhov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anton-chekhov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c30/anton-chekhov-298_behind-the-scenes_and-i-thought-how-many-satisfied-happy-p_1877207.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contented-man/#itemlist", "name": "Contented Man Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Herbert" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/it-is-a-wise-man-that-does-know-the-contented-man-is-never-poor/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/frank-herbert-262_doe_it-is-a-wise-man-that-does-know-the-cont_85935.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/frank-herbert-262_doe_it-is-a-wise-man-that-does-know-the-cont_85935.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/frank-herbert-262_doe_it-is-a-wise-man-that-does-know-the-cont_85935.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.” — Frank Herbert", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love my family, my wife, my kids, my dogs, my home, my life. 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The day his lordship's work is complete, the day he is able to rest on his laurels, content in the knowledge that he has done all anyone could ever reasonably ask of him, only on that day, Miss Kenton, will I be able to call myself, as you put it, a well-contented man.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kazuo Ishiguro" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/as-far-as-i-m-concerned-miss-kenton-my-vocation-will-not-be-fulfilled/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_career_as-far-as-i-m-concerned-miss-kenton-my-v_172402.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_career_as-far-as-i-m-concerned-miss-kenton-my-v_172402.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_career_as-far-as-i-m-concerned-miss-kenton-my-v_172402.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As far as I'm concerned, Miss Kenton, my vocation will not be fulfilled until I have done all I can to see…” — Kazuo Ishiguro", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You were happy!” I exclaimed, as I returned quickly to the town, “‘as gay and contented as a man can be!’” God of heaven! and is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason, or after he has lost it? Unfortunate being! And yet I envy your fate: I envy the delusion to which you are a victim. You go forth with joy to gather flowers for your princess — in winter — and grieve when you can find none, and cannot understand why they do not grow. But I wander forth without joy, without hope, without design; and I return as I came. You fancy what a man you would be if the states general paid you. Happy mortal, who can ascribe your wretchedness to an earthly cause! You do not know, you do not feel, that in your own distracted heart and disordered brain dwells the source of that unhappiness which all the potentates on earth cannot relieve.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/you-were-happy-i-exclaimed-as-i-returned-quickly-to-the-town-as-gay/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe4/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_envy_you-were-happy-i-exclaimed-as-i-returned_2291355.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe4/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_envy_you-were-happy-i-exclaimed-as-i-returned_2291355.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe4/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_envy_you-were-happy-i-exclaimed-as-i-returned_2291355.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You were happy!” I exclaimed, as I returned quickly to the town, “‘as gay and contented as a man can be!’”…” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And I thought how many satisfied, happy people really do exist in this world! And what a powerful force they are! Just take a look at this life of ours and you will see the arrogance and idleness of the strong, the ignorance and bestiality of the weak. Everywhere there's unspeakable poverty, overcrowding, degeneracy, drunkenness, hypocrisy and stupid lies... And yet peace and quiet reign in every house and street. Out of fifty thousand people you won't find one who is prepared to shout out loud and make a strong protest. We see people buying food in the market, eating during the day, sleeping at night-time, talking nonsense, marrying, growing old and then contentedly carting their dead off to the cemetery. But we don't hear or see those who suffer: the real tragedies of life are enacted somewhere behind the scenes. Everything is calm and peaceful and the only protest comes from statistics - and they can't talk. Figures show that so many went mad, so many bottles of vodka were emptied, so many children died from malnutrition. And clearly this kind of system is what people need. It,s obvious that the happy man feels contented only because the unhappy ones bear their burden without saying a word: if it weren't for their silence, happiness would be quite impossible. It's a kind of mass hypnosis. Someone ought to stand with a hammer at the door of every contented man, continually banging on it to remind him that there are unhappy people around and that however happy he may be at that time, sooner or later life will show him its claws and disaster will overtake him in the form of illness, poverty, bereavement and there will be no one to hear or see him. But there isn't anyone holding a hammer, so our happy man goes his own sweet way and is only gently ruffled by life's trivial cares, as an aspen is ruffled by the breeze. 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