Contented Quotes

270 quotes by 213 authors

How much it is to be regretted, that the British ladies should ever sit down contented to polish, when they are able to reform; to… — Hannah More
When men are employed they are best contented. — Benjamin Franklin
I fear I have not one good word to say this fair morning, though the sun shines so encouragingly on the distant hills and gentle… — Margaret Fuller
It is not a lack of real affection that scares me away again and again from marriage. Is it a fear of the comfortable life,… — Albert Einstein
WhoÂ doesnâ€™t? I cry and smile every day. I grew up scared, because I was so skinny and had no boobs. Itâ€™s only now that… — Kaya Scodelario
Once the minority of House and Senate are comfortable in their minority status, they will have no problem socializing with the Republicans. Any farmer will… — Grover Norquist
A contented mind is the best source for trouble. — Plautus
We cannot be contented because we are happy, and we cannot be happy because we are contented. — Walter Savage Landor
Men are to be guided only by their self-interests. Good government is a good balancing of these; and, except a keen eye and appetite for… — Thomas Carlyle
The contented and economically comfortable have a very discriminating view of government. Nobody is ever indignant about bailing out failed banks and failed savings and… — John Kenneth Galbraith
We are, indeed, not among the least contented. You, however, if your belief makes you blessed then appear to be blessed! Your faces have always… — Friedrich Nietzsche
And inasmuch as the bridge is a symbol of all such poetry as I am interested in writing it is my present fancy that a… — Hart Crane
It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich. — Frank Herbert
To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of what it means to be happy or content. — Confucius
Agitators are a set of interfering, meddling people, who come down to some perfectly contented class of the community and sow the seeds of discontent… — Oscar Wilde
The secret of happiness is in a cheerful, contented mind. He is poor who is dissatisfied; he is rich who is contented with what he… — Orison Swett Marden
The use of knowledge in our sex (beside the amusement of solitude) is to moderate the passions and learn to be contented with a small… — Mary Wortley Montagu
If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own… — Socrates
If we observe genuinely happy people, we shall find that they do not just sit around being contented. They make things happen. They pursue new… — Sonja Lyubomirsky
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. — Socrates

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