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Contentment Quote by George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

“Happy the man, of mortals happiest he, Whose quiet mind from vain desires is free; Whom neither hopes deceive, nor fears torment, But lives at peace, within himself content; In thought, or act, accountable to none But to himself, and to the gods alone.” quote by George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne — Download Open image

“Happy the man, of mortals happiest he, Whose quiet mind from vain desires is free; Whom neither hopes deceive, nor fears torment, But lives at peace, within himself content; In thought, or act, accountable to none But to himself, and to the gods alone.”

George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

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