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Being happy is knowing how to be content with little


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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.



Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?

Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?



Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.

Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.



The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied.

The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied.



Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.



We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.

We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.



Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.



Live your life without attracting attention.

Live your life without attracting attention.



If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.



He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.





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[He] said don't let them take you over. Walk into the room knowing you are the best. Shoulders back, chin up. Their attitudes will totally change.

[He] said don't let them take you over. Walk into the room knowing you are the best. Shoulders back, chin up. Their attitudes will totally change.



If a bullfrog had wings it wouldn't bump his behind every time he hopped.

If a bullfrog had wings it wouldn't bump his behind every time he hopped.



I love to play, I love to dance, I love to party . . . I'm a liver. I think what I need to learn is how to find the calmness, the centeredness.

I love to play, I love to dance, I love to party . . . I'm a liver. I think what I need to learn is how to find the calmness, the centeredness.



I am feeling easy now, and you will well understand that after undergoing pain this ease is opening paradise. Invalids must be excused for being eloquent about themselves.

I am feeling easy now, and you will well understand that after undergoing pain this ease is opening paradise. Invalids must be excused for being eloquent about themselves.



Women want honesty but sometimes get upset if you are honest, so you need to know when to be honest.

Women want honesty but sometimes get upset if you are honest, so you need to know when to be honest.



I just thank God I'm still here and the main thing is to try to get closer and closer to Him as much as I can so that I can treat my friends and my family the way they should be treated.

I just thank God I'm still here and the main thing is to try to get closer and closer to Him as much as I can so that I can treat my friends and my family the way they should be treated.



I hope very much this event, the death of Milosevic will help Serbia to look definitely to the future.

I hope very much this event, the death of Milosevic will help Serbia to look definitely to the future.



Human nature exists and operates in an environment. And it is not 'in' that environment as coins are in a box, but as a plant is in the sunlight and soil.

Human nature exists and operates in an environment. And it is not 'in' that environment as coins are in a box, but as a plant is in the sunlight and soil.




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