Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Being Content Quotes, Discontent Quotes

Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt

Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

Games lubricate the body and the mind.

Games lubricate the body and the mind.

Nothing's so apt to undermine your confidence in a product as knowing that the commercial...

Nothing's so apt to undermine your confidence in a product as knowing that the commercial...

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to...

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to...

Our whole life is but a greater and longer childhood

Our whole life is but a greater and longer childhood

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not...

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not...

Ill Customs & bad Advice are seldom forgotten.

Ill Customs & bad Advice are seldom forgotten.

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her...

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her...

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one

Revelation, indeed, as such had no influence on my mind

Revelation, indeed, as such had no influence on my mind

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

A full belly makes a dull brain

A full belly makes a dull brain

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his...

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his...

Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.

Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.

Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.

Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.