Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for, and with obscurity, for being unenvied.

Quote by Plutarch

Topics: Satisfaction Quotes

To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks...

No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks...

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent...

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent...

In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.

In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.

Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at...

Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at...

It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one...

It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one...

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor

Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord.

Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord.

The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart

The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart

It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he...

It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he...

To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to...

To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to...

When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.

When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.

The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it,...

The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it,...

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I...

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I...

A friend is a present you give to yourself.

A friend is a present you give to yourself.

To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is...

To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is...

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.