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Contented Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Solitude is the surest nurse of all prurient passions, and a girl in the hurry of preparation, or tumult of gaiety, has neither inclination nor…
- You think I love flattery (says Dr. Johnson), and so I do; but a little too much always disgusts me: that fellow Richardson, on the…
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- To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented… — Akhenaton
- Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- How true it is that, if we are cheerful and contented, all nature smiles, the air seems more balmy, the sky clearer,… — Orison Swett Marden
- In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible… — Charles de Gaulle
- When we sat down to eat I took inventory of the people in the room, and the remnants of my good mood… — Bret Easton Ellis
- I've married a man who owns nine cows," said Jinjur to Ozma, "and now I am happy and contented and willing to… — L. Frank Baum
- Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible. — Pearl Bailey