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Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart! Else it may be… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are miserable. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Why can't people have what they want? The things were all there to content everybody; yet everybody has the wrong thing. — Ford Madox Ford
Ever since the dawn of civilization, people have not been content to see events as unconnected and inexplicable. They have craved an understanding of the… — Stephen Hawking
Till we can become divine, we must be content to be human, lest in our hurry for change we sink to something lower. — Anthony Trollope
Let me, if I may, be ever welcomed to my room in winter by a glowing hearth, in summer by a vase of flowers. If… — George MacDonald
Laments of an Icarus The paramours of courtesans Are well and satisfied, content. But as for me my limbs are rent Because I clasped the… — Charles Baudelaire
Effective listening is more than simply avoiding the bad habit of interrupting others while they are speaking or finishing their sentences. It's being content to… — Richard Carlson
Some make light of decisions, arguing that all possible decisions will occur. In such a world, how could one be responsible for his actions? Others… — Alan Lightman
For the first time, she did want more. She did not know what she wanted, knew that it was dangerous and that she should rest… — Iain Pears
I may never be happy, but tonight I am content. Nothing more than an empty house, the warm hazy weariness from a day spent setting… — Sylvia Plath
I felt lonely and content at the same time. I believe that is a rare kind of happiness. — Stephen King
Design cannot rescue failed content. — Edward Tufte
Poor people never, or hardly ever, ask for an explanation of all they have to put up with. They hate one another, and content themselves… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
we seem determined to give human qualities to objects and content to treat each other as things. — Sherry Turkle
But you have to learn to bend a little,” said Clary with a yawn. Despite the story’s content, the rhythm of Jace’s voice had made… — Cassandra Clare
My biggest fear, even now, is that I will hear Jesus' words and walk away, content to settle for less than radical obedience to Him. — David Platt
So as I think back on it now, I think it is safe to say that music is something you both hear and feel. I… — David Archuleta
Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts… — Isabelle Eberhardt
The gods have been good to you. But what the gods give they quickly take away. You have only a few years in which to… — Oscar Wilde
CHOW^TM contained spun, plaited, and woven protein molecules, capped and coded, carefully designed to be ignored by even the most ravenous digestive tract enzymes; no-cal… — Neil Gaiman
I don't care how wonderful heaven is, I won't be content waiting thirty years for you. — Jason F. Wright
I love the book. I love the feel of a book in my hands, the compactness of it, the shape, the size. I love the… — Susan Hill
And so, from the first, we separated our pleasure. She lay on the rug and I lay at right angles to her so that only… — Jeanette Winterson
I believe I know the only cure, which is to make one’s center of life inside of one’s self, not selfishly or excludingly, but with… — Edith Wharton

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