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I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is… — Paul the Apostle
We are altering the most basic forces of the planet's surface - the content of the sunlight, the temperature and aridity - and that brings… — Bill McKibben
When the Son on the Cross promises paradise in his company to the good thief, when he promises the future feast in Heaven to the… — Adrienne von Speyr
A small artist is content with art; a great artist is content with nothing except everything. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
English plays, Atrocious in content, Absurd in form, Objectionable in action, Execrable EnglishTheatre. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Other passions have objects to flatter them, and seem to content and satisfy them for a while; there is power in ambition, pleasure in luxury,… — Michel de Montaigne
Every one is well or ill at ease, according as he finds himself! not he whom the world believes, but he who believes himself to… — Michel de Montaigne
Belief in form, but disbelief in content - that's what makes an aphorism charming. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Those who remain content easily remain small: small are their joys, small are their ecstasies, small are their silences, small is their being. But there… — Rajneesh
Content and Riches seldom meet together, Riches take thou, contentment I had rather. — Benjamin Franklin
It is faith, and not reason, which impels men to action... Intelligence is content to point out the road, but never drives us along it. — Alexis Carrel
I could be well content To entertain the lag-end of my life With quiet hours. — William Shakespeare
A miser is sometimes a grand personification of fear. He has a fine horror of poverty; and he is not content to keep want from… — Charles Lamb
I wish I were the lily's leaf To fade upon that bosom warm, Content to wither, pale and brief, The trophy of thy paler form. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a revenue; but to be content with our own is the greatest… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I have been so great a lover: filled my days So proudly with the splendour of Love's praise, The pain, the calm, and the astonishment,… — Rupert Brooke
The soul is content to stay imprisoned in the human body... for through the eyes all the various things of nature are represented to the… — Leonardo da Vinci
Everyday epiphanies encourage us to cherish everything. Today a new sun has risen. Everything lives. Everything can speak to your soul passionately if you will… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
Twere better to be born a stone Of ruder shape, and feeling none, Than with a tenderness like mine And sensibilities so fine! Ah, hapless… — William Cowper
I do not think it is any benefit for artists or fans to have all the new, wide distribution channels in the online world controlled… — Orrin Hatch

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