A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world. | |
— Joseph Addison | |
What I always hated and detested and cursed above all things was this contentment, this healthiness and comfort, this carefully preserved optimism of the middle classes, this fat and prosperous brood of mediocrity. | |
— Hermann Hesse | |
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Two Views On Contentment
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