I could be well content To entertain the lag-end of my life With quiet hours. (Henry IV)
Content Quotes
They need much, whom nothing will content.
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.
Naught’s had, all’s spent – where our desire is got without content. (Macbeth)
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
Content is the philosopher’s stone, that turns all it touches into gold.
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase.
