Contentment Quote by Robert Herrick

“Learn this of me, where'er thy lot doth fall, Short lot, or not, to be content with all.”

Robert Herrick

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That age is best which is the first When youth and blood are warmer.

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Pleasure simply brings more craving, but the problem is that we try to get contentment through pleasure. True contentment can only come through service.

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